Human Genetic

What are three ways that people with genetic disorders can be helped?

A genetic disorder that produces RBCs that cannot properly carry oxygen.

• sickle-cell anemia

• hemophilia

• cystic fibrosis

• ctyoplasmosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Occurs when a person has an extra chromosome on the 21st pair.
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• Down syndrome

• Huntington's disease

• Parkinson's disease

• Zika syndrome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A chart that tracks which members of a family have a particular trait.

• pedigree

• genetic diagram

• manuscript

• flow chart

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

A genetic disorder in which the body produces abnormally thick mucus in the lungs and intestines.

• cystic fibrosis

• hemophilia

• sickle-cell anemia

• Huntington's syndrome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

A genetic disorder in which a person's blood will not clot properly or not at all.

• hemophilia

• sickle-cell anemia

• cystic fibrosis

• hemocytosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

having two of the same genes for the trait (sometimes called purebred).

• homozygous

• hetrozygous

• protein

• chromosome

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

having two different genes for a trait (sometimes called hybrid).

• protein

• homozygous

• heterozygous

• genotype

An allele whose trait only shows up when no dominant allele is present.

• hidden allele

• dominant allele

• recessive allele

• present allele

In a Punnett square, a lower case letter stands for a ____________ allele.

• dominant

• recessive

• homozygous

• heterozygous