Vocabulary
Life Quality
Genetic Diseses
Punnett Square
Pedigree
100
The type of gene or genetic makeup.
What is Genotype ?
100
Causes mental retardation and heart defects.
What is the life quality for someone with Down Syndrome ?
100
A disease that affects the red blood cells and causes blood clots which makes it hard for oxygen to pass through the body.
What is Sickle-Cell Disease ?
100
The propablity for Brown hair is 50% and blonde hair is also 50%.
Draw a Punnett square for BB- Brown hair and bb- blonde.
100
Carrier
What does a half-shaded circle mean ?
200
Disorders caused by mutations of genes or changes in the number of chromosones.
What is a genetic disorders ?
200
37-40 years from birth.
What is the lifespan of someone with Cystic Fibrosis ?
200
Hemophilia is a disorder that causes no blood clots to form, internal bleeding occurs. Caused by there being a recessive allele on the X chromosone.
What is Hemophilia ?
200
A Punnett Square is a chart/graph that you use to determine propability.
What is a Punnett Square ?
200
Pedigree is a chart or a family tree that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.
What does Pedigree mean ?
300
An offspring is a combination of it's parents traits and genes.
What is an offspring ?
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