Genetics Flashcards
Def of hemophilia
Blood fails to clot after injury
Is hemophilia autosomal or sex linked
Sex linked
Tay sachs symptoms
Muscles begin to weaken, seizures, hearing loss, paralysis
Tay sachs autosomal or sex linked
Autosomal
Sickle cell symptoms
Swelling, vision loss
Sickle cell autosomal or sex linked
Autosomal
Klinefelters disease symptoms
No second male sex characteristic
Klinefelters disease autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Non disjunction
Colorblindness symptoms
Cannot see certain colors
Colorblindness autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Sex linked
Tuners syndrome
Person is sterile
Turner’s syndrome autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Non disjunction
PKU symptoms
Strong odor to sweat, hair, urine
PKU autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Autosomal
Huntington’s disease symptoms
Wasting away of brain tissue
Huntington’s disease autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Autosomal
Duchenne muscular dystrophy symptoms
Becoming more weak
Duchenne muscular syndrome autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Sex linked
Down syndrome/trisomy 21 symptoms
Birth defects, facial features deformed
Down syndrome autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Non disjunction
Cystic fibrosis symptoms
Build up of mucus in respiratory and digestive tracts
Cystic fibrosis autosomal, sex linked, non disjunction
Autosomal
