Genetic Disease Quiz

Cystic Fibrosis

• Autosomal recessive, mucus build up in the respiratory (lungs) system

• Autosomal dominant, benign tumors under the skin

• Females – XXX

• Sex-linked, wasting away of muscles

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Down Syndrome

• Females – XO

• Sex-linked, blood does not clot

• Trisomy 21 

• Autosomal recessive, impairs nervous system, infants screened at birth

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Hemophilia

• Autosomal recessive, mucus build up in the respiratory (lungs) system

• Deformed shape of red blood cells

• Sex-linked, myelin stripped from neurons

• Sex-linked, blood does not clot

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Sickle-cell Disease

• Deformed shape of red blood cells

• Huntington's Disease

• Autosomal dominant, benign tumors under the skin

• Autosomal recessive, brain deterioration, affects Jews, death by age 5

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Huntington's Disease

• Trisomy 21 

• Sex-linked, X chromosome is nearly broken off

• Males – XXY

• Autosomal dominant, degeneration of the brain, onset during middle age

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Fragile X Syndrome

• Autosomal dominant, benign tumors under the skin

• Sex-linked, X chromosome is nearly broken off

• Females – XO

• Autosomal recessive, brain deterioration, affects Jewish People in a large proportion, death by age 5

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Autosomal recessive, brain deterioration, affects Jewish People in a large proportion, death by age 5

• Phenylketonuria (PKU)

• Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

• Klinefelter's Syndrome

• Tay-Sachs Disease

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Males – XYY

• Jacobs Syndrome

• Turner Syndrome

• Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD)

• Tay-Sachs Disease

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Neurofibromatosis

• Sex-linked, wasting away of muscles

• Autosomal recessive, mucus build up in the respiratory (lungs) system

• Autosomal dominant, benign tumors under the skin

• Autosomal dominant, degeneration of the brain, onset during middle age

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Turner Syndrome

• Males – XXY

• Females – XO

• Trisomy 21 

• Males – XYY

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1