Term | Definition |
AUTOSOMES | any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome |
SEX CHROMOSOME | a chromosome involved with determining the sex of an organism, typically one of two kinds; GAMETE AND SPERM |
PEDIGREE | the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be purebred, the background or history of a person or thing, especially as conferring distinction or quality, a genealogical table |
POLYGENIC-MULTIPLE GENES | a group of non-allelic genes that together influence a phenotypic trait |
MULTIPLE ALLELES | an allele of a genetic locus having more than two allelic forms within a population |
TAY SACHS | AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE, FAT BUILDUP IN THE BRAIN, NO TREATMENT, JEWS |
SICKLE CELL ANEMIA | AUTOSOMAL/CODOMINANCE, BLOOD CELLS SICKLE, CURE:HOSPITALIZATION AND OXYGEN, CARRIERS IMMUNE TO MILARIA |
CYSTIC FIBROSIS | MUCAS BUILDUP IN CHEST, CURE:DRUMMING ON BACK |
PKU | RECESSIVE, PARENTS HETEROZYGOTES, CURE:LOW PHENYLALANINE DIET UNTIL BRAINS MATURE |
HUNTINGTON CHOREA | AUTOSOMAL DOM, NO TREATMENT, INVOLANTARY TWITCHING |
HEMOPHILIA | ABILITY OF BLOOD TO CLOT IS REDUCED, CAUSED BY HEREDITARY LACK OF A COAGULATION FACTOR |
LETHAL GENES | SOME GENES ARE DEADLY WHEN HOMOZYGOUS (HOMOZYGOUS DOM DWARFS-DIE) |
BLOOD TYPING ABO | A-AA/Ai; B-BB/Bi; O-ii |
NONDISJUNCTION | the failure of one or more pairs of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate normally during nuclear division, usually resulting in an abnormal distribution of chromosomes in the daughter nuclei |