Diseases and Conditions for Exam 1

Question 1

What type of inheritance pattern does red-green colorblindness follow?

Answer 1

X-linked recessive

Question 2

What inheritance pattern does hemophilia follow?

Answer 2

X-linked recessive

Question 3

What type of inheritance pattern does cystic fibrosis follow?

Answer 3

autosomal recessive

Question 4

What type of inheritance pattern does congenital generalized hypertrichosis follow?

Answer 4

X-linked dominant (this is the disease that causes large scale growth of hair)

Question 5

Genotype of Turner Syndrome

Answer 5

XO (O means no chromosome)

Question 6

Genotype of Klinefelter Syndrome

Answer 6

XXY (could also be XXXY)

Question 7

Genotype of Poly-X females

Answer 7

XXX (or more X chromosomes; i.e. XXXX)

Question 8

Genotype of Jacob Syndrome

Answer 8

XYY

Question 9

What genotype does not produce a viable offspring?

Answer 9

YY (must have an X chromosome)

Question 10

What effects does Turner Syndrome have an on individual?

Answer 10

female traits, short, low hairline, broad chest, neck folds

Question 11

What effects does Klinefelter Syndrome have on an individual?

Answer 11

male traits, tall, small testes, reduced facial and pubic hair

Question 12

What traits are expressed by Poly-X females?

Answer 12

female traits, tall and thin

Question 13

What effects does Jacob Syndrome have on an individual?

Answer 13

male traits, tall

Question 14

What inheritance pattern does Huntington’s Disease have?

Answer 14

Autosomal dominant