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Biology Final part 1
questions to study for test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fraternal twins | 2 individual eggs fertilized |
| Identical twins | start as 1 egg - duplicating at first division |
| Sex LINKED traits | traits carried on the sex chromosome |
| sex LIMITED traits | traits EXPRESSED only in the presence of the sex hormones. |
| non-disjunction | abnormal segregation of sex chromosome |
| sex chromosomes | determine sex |
| autosomes | chromosomes which determine body characteristics |
| down syndrome | mongoloids - extra 21st chromosome |
| Klinefelters syndrome | xxy |
| turner's syndrome | x has unusual features, will need hormone therapy |
| mosaics | xxy-xxxx tragic in humans (usually leads to miscarriage) |
| crossing over | exchange of genes between chromosomes |
| gene linkage | arrangement of genes on the chromosome |
| Mutation | change in genetic code |
| mutagens | somatic - in the body germ - in the sex cell |
| nystagmus | constant eye oscillation |
| hemophilia | bleeders disease |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| mitral stenosis | heart murmur |
| pollution | *no answer* |