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Chapter 14 - Modern Human Genetics
Modern Human Genetics
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Biology
9th Grade
06/05/2012

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Autosomes
Definition
Matched pairs # 1-22
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Sex Chromosomes
Definition
Unmatched #23 pair
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Sex Determination
Definition
50:50 chance of having a boy or girl, determined by what the sperm carries.
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X-Linked traits
Definition
Traits carried by X-sex, since y sex chromo is smaller it is missing genes.
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Fruit Flies
Definition
Nomrmally have red eyes, males will show a rec. white eye more often then females.
Discovered by T.H. Morgan
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X-Linked Human Traits
Definition
Abnormal rec. allele on X-chromo, hemophilia, red green colorblindness, duchene muscular dystrophy.
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Hemophilia
Definition
Inability to clot blood
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Human Non Disjunction Disorders
Definition
Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), Turner's Syndrome, Klinefelter's Syndrome, Polyploidy.
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Human Genetic Disorders
Definition
Abnormal defective rec. alleles.
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Examples of human genetics rec. alleles
Definition
Sickle-Cell Anemia, Colley's Anemia, Galactosemia, PhenylKetonuria-PKU, Tay-Sachs(Ash,kenghzi,orthodox Jews, French Canadian) Huntington's
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Genetic Counseling
Definition
Probability Crosses, Pedigrees, Amniocentesis, ultra sonography, karyotyping, Fetoscopy(direct observation)
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Gene Expression Determined
Definition
By particular alleles, modifier genes(Amount and location), Environment
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