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Sickle Cell

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How does the abnormal shape of a sickled red blood cell affect its movement through blood vessels? sickle-shaped red blood cells lead to decreased oxygen flow to body tissues.
A condition in which the blood is deficient in red blood cells, in hemoglobin, or in total volume is known as being what? Anemic
A nucleotide is a..? building block of a nucleic acid.
DNA stands for.. Deoxyribo nucleic acid
In order for cell division to occur what must happen first? Exact copies of DNA must be transferred to the daughter cells.
What is a pedigree? A family tree that shows the inheritance of a inherited disease.
Humans contain a total number of how many pairs of chromosomes? 23
A karyotype is used to..? A display of the chromosome pairs of a cell arranged by size and shape.
Which chromosomes are the sex chromosomes? The X and Y chromosomes
What is a mutation? A change in the DNA sequence
What are the three parts of a nucleotide? A sugar, A phosphate and a nitrogenous base
Is sickle cell a recessive or dominant trait? Recessive
Used to calculate the probability of inheriting a disease. Punnet Square
Allele Any of the alternative forms of a gene that may occur at a given locus.
The creation of a protein from a DNA template. Protein Synthesis
Autosome A chromosome that is not directly involved in determining sex, as opposed to a sex chromosome
Molecules responsible for heredity and variation of organisms Genetic Material
Phenotype The observable properties of an organism
An organic monomer which serves as a building block of proteins. Amino acid
Chromosome a unit that carries the genetic material.
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