Genetic Diseases
Punnett Square
Pedigrees
Length and Quality of Life
Vocabulary
100
What is a disease in which it is found on the GAA gene, or the 17th chromosome.
What is Pompe Disease
100
What is a punnett square used to calculate?
What is probability of genes
100
On a pedigree chart, what does a square represent?
What is male
100
How does the environment affect your life?
Sun exposure Ability to adapt to the environment (either answer accepted)
100
What is the meaning of the word hybrid?
When you have two different alleles
200
What is cystic fibrosis?
when your lungs produce too much mucus
200
If an allele combination is heterozygous, which trait shows up; dominant or recessive?
Dominant
200
On a pedigree chart, what does a circle represent?
What is a female
200
How to genders affect the length of life?
Some genders may live longer than others
200
What is the definition of phenotype?
The physical features that you can see
300
what is down's syndrome?
when you have an extra copy of chromosome 21.
300
If a punnett square has two alleles that are hybrid, and two that are purebred dominant, what are the chances of having a recessive trait show up?
50% chance
300
what is the meaning of half shaded
What is a person is a carrier
300
How does sanitation affect the quality and length of a person's life?
Lack of clean drinking water Poor living conditions (either answer accepted)
300
What does homozygous mean?
When your genotype is two of the same alleles
400
What is sickle cell disease?
A disease in which your blood cells are sickled and block off veins. This does not let much oxygen through.
400
what does purebred mean?
purebred is when you have two of the same alleles.
400
What does a full shaded shape mean on a pedigree chart?
It means that the person is carrier, and the trait appears
400
What is one way medical care affects the length and quality of a person's life?
you can live longer can cure diseases and illnesses (either answer acceptable)
400
What is a synonym for heterozygous?
Hybrid
500
What is Turner's syndrome?
A disease in which a female's X chromosome is missing
500
Define the word probability
A number describing the likelihood of an event happening.
500
What is a pedigree?
A chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait
500
What is the most important way in which genes can affect a person's length or quality of life?
Faulty, missing, or extra genes or chromosomes can cause disease or disorders
500
What is the definition of heterozygous?
When you have two different alleles as your genotype
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