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life span
genetics, prenatal and childbirth
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
10/07/2011

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Term
46 CHROMOSOMES
Definition
ALL HUMANS HAVE  IN EVERY CELL OF THEIR BODIES 
Term
GENES
Definition

23 PAIR OF GENES

- MADE UP OF DNA

BLUEPRINTS FOR HUMAN LIFE

Term
AUTOSOMES
Definition
CODE FOR ALL TYOES OD BODY FUNCTIONS.  -1ST  22 PAIR OF CHROMOSOMES
Term
XX CHROMOSOME
Definition
WOMEN
Term

XY CHROMOSOME 

MAKE UP

Definition

MEN

(MALES)

Term

SRY

GENE

Definition
TRIGGERS MALE DEVEELOPMENT IN THE FETUS
Term

MONOMORPHIC

 

Definition

SAME FROM PERSON TO PERSON -

2 LEGS - 2 ARMS, NOSEMAKE US HUMAN

Term

POLYMORPHIC

GENES

Definition

25 % OF GENES 

20,000 +

NO 2 PEOPLE EXACTLY ALIKE

Term
GENOTYPES
Definition
BASIC GENES THAT EVERYONE HAS THE SAME
Term
PHENOTYPES
Definition
GIVE APPEARENCE , HEALTH AND BEHAVIOR
Term

GREGOR 

MENDEL

Definition

3 BASIC GENETIC INHERITANCE

DOMINANT,

RECESSIVE 

AND X-LINKED TRAITS

Term
ALLELES
Definition
GENE FOR EYE COLOR AND OTHER TRAITS
Term

DOMINANT 

TRAITS

Definition

TAKES 1  ALLELES

TO PASS THE TRAIT

Term
RECESSIVE TRAITS
Definition

TAKES 2 ALLELES TO PASS THE TRAIT

IF BOTH PARENTS HAVE

=25% CHANCE OF HAVING

Term

PLOYGENETIC

TRAITS

Definition

RESULTS OF 1 OR MORE 

AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE

Term

DOWN 

SYNDROME

Definition

XTRA- 21 CHROMOSOME

LEARNING IMPAIRMENTS, CHRACTERISTIC FACIAL APPEARANCE , HYPOTONIA, HEART DEFECTS

Term

TURNER 

SYNDROME

Definition

AFFECTS WOMEN, OVARIES DONT DEVELOP, HORMONE THERAPY FOR PUBERTY, SHORT, HEART DEFECTS, LD,WEBBED NECK AT BIRTH

MISSING X

Term

KLINEFELTER

SYNDROME

Definition

EXTRA X

TALL,DELAYED PUBERTY, INFERILITY, LD

Term

FRAGILE

SYNDROME

Definition

MARKER ON X  

RETARDED, BIG EARS, PROMINENT CHIN,

 

 

 

 

 

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