Genetic Diseases
Punnett Square
Pedigrees
Length and Quality of Life

Vocabulary
100
What is the disease that only affects females and occurs when chromosones are missing?
Turners Syndrome.
100
Why do we use a Punnet Square?
To figure out the possible genetic outcome of an offspring.
100
What does a half-shaded circle mean?
That this female is a carrier.
100
In enviorment, what is one of the reasons for the length and quality of life?
(You only need one of these) Sun exposure, Ability to adapt to enviorment.
100
What does homozygous mean? Give some examples.
A person has the same genotype. Examples- TT, tt, HH, hh, XX, xx, FF, ff, CC, cc.
200
What is the disease where you're said to only live to your mid 30's?
Cystic Fibrosis
200
Sally Jackson is a heterozygous for black hair. Her husband is a homozygous for black hair. What is the possiblity that their offspring gets black hair? B- Black, b-Brown
100 percent, (s)he would be a hybrid/heterozygous.
200
If a circle and a square have a horizontal line connecting them, what are they to each other?
They're a married male & female.
200
In medical care, availiable medical care=X. What is X?
Lives lengthened.
200
What does phenotype mean? Give some examples.
Phenotype maens the appearnce of the person and/or what the gene does to the appearence. Examples- Blonde Hair, Blue Eyes, Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, Red Hair, Green Eyes, Etc.
300
What is the disease where you have mental retardation?
Down's Syndrome.
300
If you cross a purebred dominant with a purebred recessive, would it be a heterozygous or a homozygous?
Heterozygous.
300
If a circle and square have a vertical line connecting them both to a square and two circles, how are the square and two circles connected to them in real life?
They are the offspring of the circle(F) and square(M).
300
If you have faulty or missing genes/chromosones, what can that cause?
Disorders.
300
What does Heterozygous mean? Does it mean the same as Homozygous?
Heterozygous means the the person has two different genotypes. No, it does not mean the same as Homozygous.
400
What disease affects your lungs/digestive system?
Cystic Fibrosis
400
If green eyes is dominant and blue eyes is recessive, what would a child's phenotype be if it had the genotype of Gg? G- green eyes, g- blue eyes.
Green eyes.
400
If a square is full-shaded, what does it mean?
It is a male that has the gene.
400
If you live in poor living conditions, what are you lacking?
Sanitation.
400
What means the same thing as hybrid? What do genotypes that are hybrids look like?
Heterozygous. Tt, Hh, Cc, Mm, Ww, Ff.
500
Which disease is where cells block the blood vessels?
Sickle Cell Disease.
500
Sam is a heterozygous for freckles and his wife, Jewel, is a homozygous for freckles. If freckles is dominant, what is the possibility that their offspring has a hybrid genotype?
50%
500
If a circle is not shaded at all and a line connecting the circle to a half-shaded square, what does all of this mean?
The circle(F) does not have that gene and she married a square(M) that is a carrier of that gene.
500
If you have no ability to adapt to the enviorment and you got little-to-no sun exposure, what category would you be lacking?
Enviorment.
500
What does Pedigree mean?
Chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
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