Genetic Diseases
Punnett Squares
Pedigree
Length and Quality of Life
Vocabulary
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What is one symptom of Turner Syndrome?
Swelling, damaged ovaries, and or short
100
What is probability?
The numbers describing the likelihood of an event happening.
100
What does a square mean?
Male
100
How can a good diet affect a person's life?
It can cause you to live longer and have a healthier diet.
100
What's another name for a hybrid
heterozygous
200
What are some symptoms cystic fibrosis?
Extreme coughing and mucus in lungs.
200
What is a punnett square?
A chart that shows possible allele combinations.
200
What does a circle mean?
Female
200
What happens when you have correct medical care?
lives get lengthened
200
What's another name for a purebred?
homozygous
300
What are some effects of hemophilia?
Bruising or bleeding out because blood won't clot.
300
How is probability related to genetics.
To determine the likelihood of an offspring getting traits for each parent.
300
What is a half shaded circle or square?
A hybrid which means the person is a carrier.
300
True or False. Some genders a prone to certain diseases.
True
300
What is heredity?
The passing of traits form parents to offspring.
400
What is sickle cell disease?
When sickle shaped cells block blood vessels and don't let much oxygen through.
400
How does a punnett square predict the probability of genes.
it shows which dominant and recessive genes are passed on.
400
What does a vertical line mean?
Connects parents to their offspring.
400
How does the environment effect a person?
It gives us the ability to adapt to the environment and it gives us sun exposure
400
What is a genotype?
the genetic makeup
500
When does down's syndrome occur?
It occurs when chromosomes don't separate in meiosis.
500
What does probability determine?
What is likely to occur.
500
What does pedigree mean?
A chart or family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
500
What can happen if you have extra or not enough genes or chromosomes?
disorders
500
What are genetics?
THe scientific study of heredity.
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