Genetic and Developmental Disorders

Question 1

Insertion

Answer 1

part of gene inserted into another gene in the wrong place

Question 2

Deletion

Answer 2

Missing infomraiton

Question 3

Duplication

Answer 3

says part of gene sequence twice or more

Question 4

Inversion

Answer 4

part of gene sequence flipped upside down

Question 5

Translocation

Answer 5

Put on gene in wrong place

Question 6

Mitochondrial Gene Disorders

Answer 6

related to energy production, matrilineal inheritance

Question 7

Multifactorial trait inheritance

Answer 7

multiple alleles at different chromosome locations affect phenotype. Environmental influences, less predictable patterns

Question 8

Karyotype

Answer 8

organized profile of a person’s chromosomes

Question 9

Nondisjuncture

Answer 9

chromosomes fail to separate during mitosis- timing determines where this occurs

Question 10

Monosomy

Answer 10

one copy of chromosome

Question 11

Trisomy

Answer 11

3 copies of chromosome

Question 12

Mosacisim

Answer 12

combination of cells with regular number of chromosomes with those with an altered number of chromosomes

Question 13

Epigenetic Modifications

Answer 13

caused by environmental and metabolic agents, caused by something other than underlying changes in DNA

Question 14

Multifactorial Disorders

Answer 14

disorders caused by a combination of chemicals, hormones, drugs, and pathogens

Question 15

Teratogenic Disorder

Answer 15

cancer causing, things that damage fetus