Genetic diseases

Which of the following best describes the cause of cystic fibrosis?

• a mutated blood clotting protein

• a mutated transport protein

• an extra 21st chromosome

• an extra 13th chromosome

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Which of the following is an autosomal recessive disorder?

• Huntington's disease

• sickle cell anemia

• colorblindness

• Hemophilia

Which of the following is a autosomal dominant disorder?

• Huntington's

• Cystic fibrosis

• Hemophilia

• Sickle cell anemia

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Which of the following is a sex-linked disorder?

• Hemophilia

• Sickle cell anemia

• Cystic fibrosis

• Huntington's

What disease is characterized by abnormally shaped red blood cells?

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

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This karyotype is taken from a  ___________.

• normal female
• normal male
• male with Klinefelter's syndrome
• female with Turner's syndrome

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This karyotype is taken from a  ________.

• female with Turner's syndrome
• male with Down's syndrome
• female with Down's syndrome
• normal female

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Which disorder is characterized by degradation of the nervous system and usually results in death during infancy?

• Tay-Sachs
• Cystic fibrosis
• Huntington's
• PKU

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What happens to the CFTR gene in individuals who have cystic fibrosis?

• The entire gene is deleted

• The entire gene is duplicated

• Three bases are deleted, causing one amino acid to be missing

• Three bases are duplicated, causing one amino acid show up about 40 times

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NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What advantage do individuals with one sickle cell allele have?

• a stronger resistance to malaria

• immunity to typhoid fever

• more rigid red blood cells

• no advantage

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