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B1 - You And Your Genes Flashcards

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Where are genes found?

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In the nucleus of every cell

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What is a gene?

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They carry information needed for you to develop

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What are chromosomes made up of

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DNA molecules. 2 very long strands

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What is alleles?

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Different versions of a gene

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What is homozygous

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Where you inherit 2 alleles that are the same

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What is heterozygous?

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Where you inherit 2 alleles that are different

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What is a dominant allele?

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Controls the development of a characteristic, even if it’s present on only one chromosome in a pair

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What is a recessive allele?

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Controls the development of a characteristic, but if this allele is present it must be on both chromosomes in a pair

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How many chromosomes in a cell?

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46 chromosomes, 23 pairs

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What is genotype?

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The combination of alleles you have

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What is your phenotype?

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The actual characteristics you show

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What environmental factors can influence characteristics?

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Poor diet leads to disease, country can change your language/accent

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Why is the Y chromosome called the sex-determining region Y gene?

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Because if the Y gene isn’t present (there are 2 X chromosomes) the embryo will develop into a female

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What happens when the Y chromosome is present but androgen isn’t present?

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The embryo develops female sex organs (excluding the uterus) or the baby has a female body but is infertile

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What are symptoms of huntingtons disease?

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Involuntary movement, clumsiness, memory loss, mood changes and inability to concentrate

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How many parents need to pass on the gene for the child to inherit it and why?

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One parent because the allele is dominant

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What are the symptoms of cystic fibrosis?

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Weight loss, difficulty on breathing, chest infections and difficulty in digesting food

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How many alleles does a person need to inherit cystic fibrosis and why?

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2 because the allele for cystic fibrosis is recessive

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What happens if you inherit one allele for cystic fibrosis?

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You become a carrier of the disease but you do not get the symptoms

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Why do people disagree with killing someone who has huntingtons disease?

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Because people do not develop ye symptoms until later life so they could lead a normal life and also false positives

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Where can you test for faulty allele in a fetus?

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In the fluid surrounding it

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What are the risks of testing fetuses?

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Miscarriages

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What are the ethical concerns with testing fetuses?

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Whether pregnancy termination should be considered and the effects it could have on individuals or relationships

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What is a true positive?

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The test result says the fetus has the disorder, reality is the fetus has the disorder

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What is a true negative?

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Where test says fetus doesn’t have the disorder, reality fetus doesn’t have the disorder

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What is a false positive?

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Where the test result says fetus has the disorder, reality is fetus doesn’t have the disorder

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What is a false negative?

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Where the test result says fetus doesn’t have the disorder, reality fetus has the disorder

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What are the opposing views on genetic testing?

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These disorders are natural and should not be eliminated

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What is the for view of genetic testing?

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Means less suffering

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In embryo selection was is the way embryos can be produced?

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In vitro fertilisation (IVF)

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What is the procedure for embryo selection?

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Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD)

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What is the procedure for embryo selection?

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After fertilisation embryos dived into 8 cells before a single cell is removed from each for testing to see if they have the alleles for a genetic disorder

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Why is embryo selection controversial?

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Some say it’s unnatural, concerns for selecting certain characteristics (eye colour, sex)

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What are the concerns for pre selection?

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Reduces variation meaning certain alleles could disappear over time

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What is a stem cell?

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An unspecialised cell

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What can stem cells do?

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Replace damage tissues to help patient with disease like Parkinson’s disease

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How many types of stem cells are there and what are they?

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There are 2, adult and embryonic

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Where are adult stem cells taken from?

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Taken from areas that are adapted for the replaced and repair of tissues like the umbilical cord blood and bone marrow

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What can adult stem cells develop into?

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A range of specialised cells but not all types

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Where are embryonic stem cells taken from?

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Developing embryos

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What can embryonic stem cells develop into?

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Any kind on specialised cell

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What is asexual reproduction?

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Where single-cell organisms (bacteria) can reproduce by dividing to form 2 new individuals (clones)

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A gene provides instructions to make what?

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Proteins

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What does yeast produce via?

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Asexual reproduction

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