Vocabulary Chapter 21

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Aa
Represents a homozygous recessive genotype
Marfan syndrome
Disorder caused by a defect in the production of an elastic connective tissue protein called fibrillin
Huntington disease
Disorder caused by a trinucleotide repeat, symptoms appear between ages of 30 and 50
X linked traits (sex linked)
These traits are passed from mother to son via her X chromosome
Phenotype
Word used to describe a person's appearance such as having attached ear lobes
PP and Pp
The ability to taste PTC is controlled by a single dominant gene. Identify the genotypes that can taste PTC paper.
3/4
What is the probability of having a dominant phenotype from this cross: Ff x Ff ?
1/2
What is the probability of having a heterozygous genotype from this cross of Ss x Ss ?
AB blood type
Codominant blood type where both genes are expressed forming protein A and protein B on red blood cells
IAIA or IAi
Possible genotypes for a person with blood type A
X linked Pedigree
This pedigree would show more affected males than females
One daughter who is normal, one daughter who is a carrier, one son who is normal, and one son who is color-blind.
If a mother is a carrier for color-blindness (XBXb) and the father is normal (XBY), what would be the phenotypic ratio in offspring?
Color blindness
Example of a X linked recessive disroder
Tay Sachs
This genetic disease is prominent in individuals of Jewish descent resulting in neurological impairment and psychomotor difficulties during early development
Polygenic
Word used to describe human traits that are governed by two or more sets of alleles