Select the choice that best describes hemophilia.

• congenital disorder caused by a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment, heart defects, and physical abnormalities

• inability to clearly distinguish different colors of the spectrum

• red blood cells become sickle-shaped (shaped like a crescent) and carry less oxygen

• production of abnormally thick mucus affects the respiratory system, pancreas, and sweat glands

• blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors)

Select the choice that best describes cystic fibrosis.

• congenital disorder caused by a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment, heart defects, and physical abnormalities

• inability to clearly distinguish different colors of the spectrum

• red blood cells become sickle-shaped (shaped like a crescent) and carry less oxygen

• production of abnormally thick mucus affects the respiratory system, pancreas, and sweat glands

• blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors)

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6. Which statement best describes the karyotype?

• female with Down syndrome

• female with cystic fibrosis

• male with sickle cell disease

• male with Down syndrome

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What is the purpose of a pedigree?

• tracks which members of a family have a particular trait

• provides a picture of all the chromosomes in a cell

• shows how alleles are passed from parent to child

• gives another name for a geneticist who studies inheritance patterns

9. Based on the inheritance pattern of cystic fibrosis, the trait is most likely ________

• dominant

• recessive

• sex-linked

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Color blindness and hemophilia are more common in men because they

• are carried on the single Y chromosome

• are carried on the single X chromosome

• don't like men

• are mutations

Which statement is TRUE about the third generation in the pedigree?

• No one has cystic fibrosis.

• Everyone has cystic fibrosis.

• Everyone has at least one allele for cystic fibrosis.

• No one is a carrier for cystic fibrosis.

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What are the genotypes of parents I-1 and I-2? ( Hint: 👀 at their children).

• ff X ff

• FF X FF

• ff X Ff

• Ff X Ff

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Select the choice that best describes sickle cell anemia.

• congenital disorder caused by a chromosome defect, causing intellectual impairment, heart defects, and physical abnormalities

• inability to clearly distinguish different colors of the spectrum

• red blood cells become sickle-shaped (shaped like a crescent) and carry less oxygen

• production of abnormally thick mucus affects the respiratory system, pancreas, and sweat glands

• blood doesn't clot normally because it lacks sufficient blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors)

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Which "couple" or "marriage" produced children lacking the cystic fibrosis trait?

• I-1 & I-2

• II-1 & II-2

• II-4 & II-5

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