Deck 5 (slides 22-28) Flashcards
Another example of a dominant autosomal disorder is Achondroplasia (__________).
Dwarfism
Achondroplasia is one of the most _________ causes of short stature; people with this condition have an average _______ size, but shorter ________.
Common, body, limbs
Another example of a dominant autosomal disorder is ____________; people with this condition have ________ cholesterol in the blood and ________ disease.
Hypercholesterolemia, excess, heart
A human diploid cell contains more then ___ billion bass pairs of DNA neatly packed into ____ chromosomes.
6, 46
Genes make up only about ___% of the DNA in human chromosomes (code for _______).
2, proteins
Most of the DNA in chromosomes has no or an unknown function, called “_______ _______.”
Junk DNA
Genes are _________ along the DNA of a chromosome.
Scattered
The average human gene consists of about ________ base pairs, but the largest human gene has more than __________ base pairs (Dystrophin).
3,000; 2 million
Chromosomes ____ and ____ are the smallest human autosomes, the first _________ in the Human Genome Project.
21, 22, sequenced
Chromosome 22 contains ____ million DNA base pairs and _____ genes.
43, 545
Genetic disorders or chromosome 22 include __________ and ____________.
Leukemia, Neurofibromatosis
Leukemia is cancer of _______ blood cells.
White
Neurofibromatosis is a ________-causing disease of the nervous system.
Tumor
Chromosome 21 contains ____ million base pairs of DNA and _____ genes.
32, 225
Genetic disorders of chromosome 21 include Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), “______ ________ Disease.”
Lou Gehrig’s
