Human+Genetics+2+CH

SCI Human Biology - 2Assigned: 5/6 Due: 5/7Human Genetics 2 Homework 20.2c and 20.4 Define: or her parents are Describe diseases (You will need to know how they are inherited ie X-linked recessive or autosomal dominant. You will also need to know the gene that is mutated and what damage that causes to the body) Tay-sachs Cystic Fibrosis PKU Sickle Cell Disease Mafan Syndrome Huntington Disease Color blindness Muscular dystrophy Hemophilia
 * Human Genetics 2**
 * carriers
 * someone that has the recessive trait, but it is masked and can pass it along
 * autosomal recessive disorder
 * child is affected by a genetic disorder but neither of his
 * autosomal dominant disorder
 * the parents are affected by the gene but the child is not
 * autosomes
 * any chromosome other than the sex chromosomes
 * sex chromosomes
 * chromosome that determines sex, females-XX, males-XY
 * sex linked
 * alleles that are on the sex chromosomes but determmine a trait other than gender
 * X linked
 * linked allele on the X chromosome
 * X linked dominant
 * a sex linked allele for a dominant gene on an X chromosome
 * X linked recessive
 * a sex linked allele for a recessice gene on an X chromosome