Inherited genetic disorders

Inherited disorders

Multiple Choice

A ________________________ is used to predict the possible genotype from certain parents

• Mendel Grid
• Genetic Tic Tac Toe
• Punnett Square
• Pedigree Plot

Multiple Choice

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA
• Aa
• aa
• none of these

Multiple Choice

Characteristics passed from parents to their offspring.

• behavior
• learned trait
• inherited trait
• function

Multiple Choice

Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is passed to the child from a ____ gene from each parent

• dominant
• recessive

Multiple Choice

What genetic disorder causes the body to produce unusually thick mucus in the lungs and intestines? 

• Cystic Fibrosis
• Sickle Cell
• Down Syndrome
• Hemophilia

Multiple Choice

A childs genotype for huntingdon's disease is hh?

• They have inherited huntingdon's disease

• They won't inherit huntingdon's disease

• If they live an unhealthy lifestyle they could get huntingdon's disease

Multiple Choice

Huntingdon's diease is recessive, true or false?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Both parents have the homozygous dominant (SS) gene..

• Their child will have sickle cell anaemia

• They're child will not inherit it

• If they don't live a healthy lifestyle they could get it in the future

Multiple Choice

Sickle cell anaemia is..?

• Dominant

• Recessive

males =XY females=xx

Multiple Choice

What chromosome is affected by hemophilia?

• x
• y
• 21
• 13

Multiple Choice

This genetic disorder is inherited by a recessive allele found on the X chromosome.

• PKU
• Cystic fibrosis
• Down's syndrome
• Hemophilia

Multiple Choice

The allele for Haemophilia is..?

• Dominant

• Recessive

Polydactyly

• Dominant condition. If you have one copy of the faulty allele you will have polydactyly

• Being born with extra fingers or toes

Multiple Choice

What disease is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells?

• hemophilia
• sickle cell anemia
• phenylketonuria
• Huntington's 

Multiple Choice

Polydactyly is..?

• Dominant

• Recessive

Multiple Choice

What is an example of a dominant genetic disorder?

• Cystic fibrosis

• Tuberculosis

• Polydactyly

Multiple Choice

Why does cystic fibrosis need two alleles to cause the disease?

• It is a recessive disorder - you need two recessive alleles to cause the condition

• The alleles are dominant and you need two of them

• You need a dominant and a recessive allele to cause the condition.

Multiple Choice

Polydactyly is an inherited condition, due to a dominant allele, causing extra fingers or toes. What is the chance of a child having polydactyly if their parents are Pp and pp?

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

• 33%