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Pathophysiology
DNA
| Question | |
|---|---|
| Describes the condition of a person who is experiencing a disease. | Illness |
| Known by its medical classification and distinguishing features | Disease |
| A condition or situation that may make a person more at risk or susceptible to disease. | Predisposing factor |
| A predisposing factor when a trait inherited from a parent puts an individual at risk for certain diseases | Heredity |
| Examples of hereditary diseases related to genetic abnormalities. | Cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia, and trisomy 21 or Down syndrome |
| Possess identical genes from each parent for a particular trait and when they are both dominant or recessive | Homozygous gene pairs |
| Possess different genes from each parent for a particular trait and if one gene is dominant and one is recessive. | Heterozygous gene pairs |
| A description of the combination of a person’s genes with respect to either a single trait or a larger set of traits. | Genotype |
| Consists of the observable physical characteristics, determined by the combined influences of a person’s genetic makeup and the effects of environmental factors. | Phenotype |
| Occurs when one parent contributes a defective gene from the sex chromosome. | X- or sex-linked |
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