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What are the symptoms of Huntington’s Disease?

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Uncontrollable body movements and degeneration of nervous system; later onset in life and is fatal 10-20 years after onset

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What are the symptoms of Tay Sach’s Disease?

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Accumulation of lipids in the brain; seizures, blindness, degeneration of motor skills after birth, followed by death within a few years

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What are the symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis?

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Excessive secretion of mucus and vulnerability to infection; fatal if untreated

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Klinefelter’s Autosomal Disorder or Sex Chromosome Disorder? Boy or Girl? How obtained?

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Sex Chromosome Disorder Boy Defect, born with extra X chromosome (XXY)

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What are the symptoms of Down Syndrome?

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Extra chromosome 21; characterized by developmental delays, heart and other defects that are generally treatable or non-life threatening

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Sex-Linked Recessive

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What are the symptoms of Klinefelter’s?

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Tall and infertile, behavioral and speech problems

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Color Blindness Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Sex-Linked Recessive

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Uncontrollable body movements and degeneration of nervous system; later onset in life and is fatal 10-20 years after onset

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What are the symptoms of Huntington’s Disease?

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Tall and infertile, behavioral and speech problems

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What are the symptoms of Klinefelter’s?

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Progressive weakening and loss of muscles tissue

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What are the symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?

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What are the symptoms of Turner Syndrome?

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Normal Intelligence, under-developed ovaries, abnormal jaws, webbed necked, shield-like chests

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Extra chromosome 21; characterized by developmental delays, heart and other defects that are generally treatable or non-life threatening

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What are the symptoms of Down Syndrome?

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Excessive secretion of mucus and vulnerability to infection; fatal if untreated

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What are the symptoms of Cystic Fibrosis?

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What are the symptoms of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?

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Progressive weakening and loss of muscles tissue

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What are the symptoms of Color blindness?

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Inability to distinguish red-green color patterns

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Normal Intelligence, under-developed ovaries, abnormal jaws, webbed necked, shield-like chests

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What are the symptoms of Turner Syndrome?

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Sickle Cell Disease Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Autosomal Recessive

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Characterized by excessive bleeding after injury as a result of the absence of one or more clotting proteins

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What are the symptoms of Hemophilia?

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Turner Syndrome Sex Chromosome Disorder or Autosomal Disorder? Boy or girl? How obtained?

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Sex Chromosome Disorder Girl Defect, born missing X chromosome or part of it

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Cystic Fibrosis Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Autosomal Recessive

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What are the symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease?

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RBC’s are sickle shaped and clump together blocking blood flow

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Inability to distinguish red-green color patterns

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What are the symptoms of Color blindness?

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What are the symptoms of Hemophilia?

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Characterized by excessive bleeding after injury as a result of the absence of one or more clotting proteins

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Hemophilia Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Sex-Linked Recessive

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RBC’s are sickle shaped and clump together blocking blood flow

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What are the symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease?

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Down Syndrome How is it inherited?

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Nondisjunction

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Accumulation of lipids in the brain; seizures, blindness, degeneration of motor skills after birth, followed by death within a few years

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What are the symptoms of Tay Sach’s Disease?

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Huntington’s Disease Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Autosomal Dominant

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Tay Sach’s Autosomal/Sex-Linked? Recessive/Dominant?

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Autosomal Recessive

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