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Name five important facts from the genetic presentations in class.
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Name five important facts from the genetic presentations in class.
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Alzheimers cure- Experts recommended genetic for persons with a baby family of history down syndrome who wish to have a baby.
Cystic Fibrosis-is a disease that is passed down through familiar cancer thick sticky new to build up in the lungs digestive part and other parts of the body.
Cri Du chat syndrome- has a single line in the palm of your hand
Grls receive it more than boys.It is an estimal 1 in 20,000 to 50,000 numbers.
There is no single treatment.
1. Alzheimers has two stages an early and an old.
2. Doctors do not know how crohns is transmitted.
3. Crohn’s has a deletion of the 27th chromosome.
4. Williams Syndrome Rare in Most Families.
5. Cri Du Chat has a deletion on the 5th chromosome.
*6. There should be a Huntsville House wives daughters can’t stop laughing syndrome.
1. Klinefelters Disease- when men are born extra chromosome (xxy)
2. Parkinson’s Disease- degenarative disorder of the central nervous system
3. Tay-Sachs Disorder- a disease caused by missing enzymes that affects sight, hearing, movement, and mental development
4. Triple X- When females are born with an extra x chromosome (xxx)
5. Dwarfism- Causes a person to be way shorter than an everage sized person
1. People with Chrohn’s disease have an ongoing inflammation usually in the intestine.
2. Cystic Fibrosis is caused by a defective gene in the body.
3. Cystic Fibrosis causes the body to produce an unormal sticky fluid.
4. Cystic Fibrosis is passed down through families.
5. 10% of the cases of A.L.S. are caused by a genetic defect and the cause of the other 90% is unkown.
alc: is uncearable
breast cancer; is most commom in women 45 and under
down syndrom:when u have a extra chromosome
dwarfism: you dont live very long
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: your brain slowlys dies
cancer: uncontrollable cell growth
cystic fibrosis: mucus build up in the lungs
dwRFISM: a person that doesnt live long and is 70% smaller than the size of a regular human
alc: your muscle tissue start to deterate
triple x syndrome: when you have an extra x chromose
1.) Cri du chat means “Cry of the Cat” in french
2.) There are two types of breast cancer both starting in the tissue of the breast.
3.) Albanoism can not only affect your skin, but your mind also.
4.) In dwarfism, if is possible for you to still get it if your parents are normal height.
5.) In cystic firbrosis your skin may have a satly taste to it.
John Reed
- A gene can be delted- Deletion
-another gene can be takes it spot- substitition
- Many genetic diseases have no cure
- most genetic diseases will cause death
-another gene is added- insertion
1.) Can be treated and not cured
2.) Most had physical defects
3.) Can be inherited
4.) Most are uncommon
5.) All were unique
Down Syndrome- A small percentage of people with Down syndrome have an extra copy of chromosome 21 in only some of the body’s cells. In these people, the condition is called mosaic Down syndrome.
Colorblindness- In color blindness genetics, the gene that determines color blindness is a recessive trait, whereas normal color vision is the dominant trait.
Breast Cancer- Early breast cancer usually does not cause pain and may exhibit no noticeable symptoms. As the cancer progresses, signs and symptoms can include a lump or thickening in or near the breast.
Albinism- If a person has one gene for normal pigmentation and one gene for albinism, he or she will have enough genetic information to make normal pigment and will not suffer from the disease.
Angelman Syndrome- Infants with Angelman syndrome appear normal at birth, but often have feeding problems in the first months of life and exhibit noticeable developmental delays by 6 to 12 months.
1.Parkinson’s can cause shaking.
2.Dwarfism will make you short.
3.down syndrome has an extra chromsome.
4.Albinos can’t tan.
5. Parkinson’s makes you talk funny.
1. Some diseases had more effect on males than females.
2. Some Diseases have medications to decrease the effects.
3. Some diseases were life threatening.
4. Most diseases people lived normal lives.
5. Some diseases happened when the baby was in the tummy.
1.People with downs syndrome have an increased chance of early types of luekemia.
2.In cystic fibrosis death is usually caused by lung complications
3.people with cri du chat have a cry that sounds like a cat
4.Girls recieve cri du chat more than boys
5.Crohns disease is inflamation of the digestive and GI Tract
1)Down syndrome is cause bt an extra chromosome
2)Albinism impairs your vision
3)Kinefelters syndrome is when a male has an extra X chromosome
4)Cystic fibrosis can cause extra mucus in your body, so you will have trouble breathing
5) Albinism also causes no pigmentation in the hair or skinVW
1. Caravans Disease affects brain growth.
2. Crohn’s Disease causes inflammation in digestive and gastrointestinal tracts.
3. Cri du Chat occurs in 1 in 50,000 babies, no treatment.
4. Down Syndrome is the most common birth defect, caused by one too many chromosomes
5. Alzheimer’s is a form of Dementia, the cerebral cortex is getting thinner.
1. Color blindness is mostly in guys.
2. You are not actually color blind but you mix up colors.
3. Down syndrome is not curable
4. als makes your body and muscles shut down.
5. people with als end up in a wheel chair.
peripheral Neuropathy
1.Diabetes is a main cause of this disorder
2.Nerve damage is very common.
3.Pain and numbness is also very common
Broca Aphasia
1. Its an impairment of language ability
2.Develops quickly as a result of head injury or stroke
3.speech output is severely reduced to short utterances
Wilson’s Syndrome
1.It is a genetic disorder
2.It is caused by accumulation of copper in tissues
3.it mainly occurs in the liver or brain
Parkinsons
1.It’s a degenerative disorder that occurs in the central nervous system
2.It is due to the death of dopamine creating cells located in a portion of the midbrain that help control muscle movement
3.results in tremors and shakiness and difficulty with movement
Wallenburg Syndrome
1.its a rare neurological condition cause by a stroke and resulting in symptoms such as facial paralysis or weakness on one side of the body
2.caused by a blockage in a vertebral artery
3.causes facial muscle paralysis
Dwarfism- Can usually happens from a mutation in the sperm or egg, and can be passed down genetically.
XXX Syndrome- Caused by and extra x chromosome in females.
Breast Cancer- Affects 1 in every 3 women.
Down Syndrome- Caused by having an extra chromosome.
Parkinson’s Disease- Affects 1 in every 10,000 people over the age of 50.
1. Williams disease causes a child to have mental retardation.
2. A child is born with Williams disease and there is no cure.
3. Cystic fibrosis is a disease in which a person has thick sticky mucas build up in their lungs.
4. A person is born with cystic fibrosis and there is no cure.
5. Dwarfism is genetic and cannot be prevented.
1. Alzheimers impairs motor skills
2. Cri du Chat is caused by chromosome problem
3. Down syndrome is caused by an extra chromosome
4. Williams Syndrome is caused by a deletion of a chromosome
5. Swiss Cheese Cartilage doesnt have a cure yet
1. Color blindness is more common in males.
2. People diagnosed with down syndrome carry an extra chromosome.
3. Breast cancer is caused by a mass in a female’s breast.
4. A person can carry a disease all their life and never know.
5. Diseases can be triggered by environmental factors.
1) 99% of all colorblind people are not really color blind but color deficient; the term
2)Red-green color blindness is a combination of red-blindness (protan defects) and green-blindness (deutan defects)
3)Color blindness is more prevalent among males than females, because the most common form of color vision deficiency
4) There are three main types of color vision deficiency: protan, deutan, and tritan defects.Ishihara plates are the best known color blindness tests, but they are not the most accurate ones.
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Maria Caprio
1. Klinefelter’s syndrome is when males have an extra X chromosome
2. Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous system
3. Triple X disease is when females have three X chromosomes
4. Down syndrome is when a person has an extra copy of chromosome 21.
5. Color blindness is X chromosome linked.
1. Breast Cancer can be found in males also not just women.
2. Dwarfism is when people are around only 4 feet tall.
3. Dwarfism is genetic.
4. ALS is also known as Lou Gerhig disease.
5. ALS causes the muscles to stop working.
Name five important facts from the genetic presentations in class.?
1)that you can die from cancer.
2)colorblindness you cant see colors.
3)glucose diesease got some to do with sugar.
4)swiss cheese disease is dangerous and dadly
5)chrons disease can cause you to die at an early age.
1. color blindness is what all guys have.
2. T cells require presentions
3. 3 major 3 minor
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