Chapter 11: Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

Questão	Responda
What can examining pedigrees help us with?	How disease are inherited from parents to offspring
Autosomal	Something that do not deal with the sex chromosome (XY)
Recessive Alleles	Can hide out for many generation
Dominant Alleles	You either have them or you don't, they do not hide
Dominant Alleles	Either have it or you don’t, it does not hide
Sickle cell anemia	A mutated allele produces a defective form of protein hemoglobin Red blood cells bend (sickle shape) in the homozygous recessive condition In the heterozygous condition the recessive allele helps protect people from malaria
Pietropy	One gene affecting multiple traits
Genetically inherited disease due to recessive alleles	Cystic fibrosis Tay-Sachs Disease
Genetically inherited disease due to dominant alleles	Huntington's Disease Achondroplasia

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	Criado por Samuel Castillo mais de 8 anos atrás