Ch 13 Cell Mutation

Question 0

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 0

First human disease shown to be the result of a mutation in a protein

Caused by a defect in the oxygen carrier molecule hemoglobin

Question 1

Nondisjunction

Answer 1

Failure of homologous or sister chromatids to seperate properly during meiosis

Question 2

Trisomy

Answer 2

Gain of a chromosome

Question 3

Monosomy

Answer 3

Loss of a chromosome

Question 4

Hemophilia

Answer 4

Disease that affects a single protein in a cascade of proteins involved in the formation of blood clots.

Caused by x linked recessive allele
Heterozygous females are asymptomatic carriers