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Disorders
Parts of a Pedigree
Biotechnology
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Miscellaneous
100
This disorder causes abnormally shaped red blood cells.
What is sickle cell anemia?
100
Represents a male.
What is a box (square)?
100
This is the manipulation of living things to make useful products.
What is biotechnology?
100
If a person is affected on a pedigree, this is how their box/circle will look.
What is shaded in?
100
True or False: A benefit of biotechnology would be that we could grow crops that taste better and are more nutritious.
What is true?
200
This disorder causes the lungs, liver and pancreas to make excessive amounts of mucus.
What is cystic fibrosis?
200
Represents a female.
What is a circle?
200
This is the intentional mating/breeding of organisms to produce offspring with specific traits.
What is selective breeding (artificial selection)?
200
This is what we call the original parents in a pedigree.
What is the P1 generation?
200
True or False: Mississippi was the first place in the world to sell genetically altered cotton plants.
What is true?
300
This disorder typically affects babies of Jewish descent.
What is Tay Sachs?
300
Represents a marriage or mating between a male and a female. (BE SPECIFIC)
What is a horizontal line?
300
This changes the genetic material of a living organism. Used to make medicines and treat disease.
What is genetic engineering?
300
This is what we call the children of the original parents.
What is the F1 generation?
300
This is one reason that GE foods must be tested for safety.
What is because they may cause allergic reactions?
400
This disorder can randomly affect any baby. It isn't passed down from parent to offspring.
What is Down Syndrome?
400
Represents offspring produced from a mating between a male and a female. (BE SPECIFIC)
What is a vertical line?
400
This is when a gene from one organism is inserted into the DNA of another organism.
What is gene splicing?
400
If a child inherits a RECESSIVE disease from his/her parents, but his/her parents are normal, this is what we know about the parents.
What is that the parents were both carriers/both parents were heterozygous for the trait (Aa)?
400
This is a type of medicine made using biotechnology/genetic engineering that helps people with diabetes.
What is insulin?
500
These 3 disorders generally affect males more than females.
What are colorblindness, hemophilia, and muscular dystrophy?
500
Another word for a person who is normal but could pass a trait to their offspring.
What is a carrier?
500
This involves the replacing of nonworking cells with cells that have been genetically altered.
What is gene therapy?
500
If a child has 2 parents that have a DOMINANT disorder, but the child is normal - we know THIS about those parents.
What is that both parents are heterozygous (Aa) for the disorder?
500
This is where we got Bt from that can kill bugs by dehydration if ingested.
What is Bacillus thuringiensis (a soil bacteria)?