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Huntington’s disease is a faulty allele on which chromosome?

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What is Huntington’s disease?

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A genetic disorder which affects the central nervous system.

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What does HD cause?

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Damage to nerve cells in certain areas of the brain.

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Changes of Huntington’s Disease are…

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Physical, mental and emotional - all are gradual.

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Symptoms develop when…

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Person reaches adulthood

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Symptoms of HD include…

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Tremors, clumsiness, memory loss, inability to concentrate,mood changes,

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Who develops HD?

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Everyone who inherits the allele.

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HD is in which allele?

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Dominant

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Cystic Fibrosis is what in the UK?

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The most common life threatening disease

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CF affect what?

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Cell membraines

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Symptoms of CF include…

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Thick mucus in the 1/ lungs 2/ gut 3/ pancreas
Difficulty breathing
Chest infections
Difficulty digesting food

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Which allele is CF on?

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Recessive

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Will you always develop Cystic Fibrosis?

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No, you can be a carrier

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Is there a cure for CF.

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No

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The procedure for embryonic selection is called?

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PGD - Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis

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When does PGD take place?

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After fertilisation, before implantation

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How many cells do the embryos divide into for PGD?

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How many cells are tested in PGD?

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What is the cell tested for in PGD?

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To see if it carries the allele for a specific disease

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Risks of PGD

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Faulse results, discarded healthy embargo’s, decreased chance in embryo survival

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Which test is done between 14-16 weeks?

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Amniocentesis

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What is Amniocentesis?

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Amniotic fluid is removed from the uterus through a needle, and is then tested for diease

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Risks of Amniocentesis?

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0.5% chance of miscarriage

small chance of infection

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When is Chronic Villus Testing done?

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8-10 weeks

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What happens with CVT?
catheter in vagina - into placenta - chronic villa from placenta removed - tested for disease
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Reliability of testing?
no test is 100% reliable and so genetic testing will always have a number of outcomes
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Ethical considerations?
- should child be told if they carry the disease? - family members may not agree or want to know the results - if the test is positive - are you killing a child with an abortion/ forcing it to live unhappily
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What is ASEXUAL reproduction?
reproduction not involving sex - cells divide
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Which organisms reproduce asexually?
- all bacteria - many plants - some animals
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What are the results of asexual reproduction?
two DAUGHTER cells are produced from the MOTHER cell - as they are the mother cell divided into two, they are exact genetic copies - clones
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How do changes happen to clones?
From environmental factors - food, water etc.
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What are runners?
shoots that will eventually break off and become new plants
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What is artificial cloning?
removing the nucleus from an adult cell and transferring it into an empty, unfertillised egg cell
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What is the importance of stem cells?
cloning depends on stem cells as they have the ability to become any cell type in the body
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What are the two types of stem cell?
embryonic, adult
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What are EMBRYONIC stem cells?
unspecialised, can develop into any cell (including more embryonic stem cells)
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What are ADULT stem cells?
unspecialised, can develop into most but not all cells
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What is a zygote?
the FIRST cell formed after the FERTILISATION of an EGG by a SPERM
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What cells can be used to treat some illnesses or injuries?
stem cells
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What happens once the zygote has divided 4 times (to reach 16 cells)?
the majority of cells in the embryo have become specialised
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How do cells become specialised?
certain genes are switched on/ off
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What follows cells becoming specialised?
the production of proteins specific only to that cell type
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What can specialised cells divide into?
the same type of specialised cell
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What are genes?
the basic unit for the instructions controlling how the cell develops functions, sections of DNA that describe how to make proteins
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Where are genes found?
in long DNA strands called chromosomes
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What is a chromosome?
a long strand of DNA molecules, each consisting of two strands forming a double helix
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What is the main chromosome for human eye colour?
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What is variation?
differences between individuals of the same species
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What can variation be due to?
environmental or genetic factors (also a combination of both)
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Define genotype
the genetic make up of an individual
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Define phenotype
observable characteristics of an individual
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What are alleles?
different versions of the same gene
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What are dominant alleles?
the alleles that control the development of a characteristic, even if there is only one
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What are recessive alleles?
the alleles that require both chromosomes to have control over development
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Define homozygous
when two alleles are the same (DD, rr)
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Define heterozygous
when two alleles are different (Dr, rD)
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What are sex cells?
Eggs - ovaries | Sperm - testes
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How many copies of each chromosome do sex cells carry?
1 (23 total instead of 46/23 pairs)
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What determines the sex of an embryo?
a gene on the Y chromosome
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What is the sex determining gene called?
SRY gene
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What happens if the SRY gene is not present?
the embryo will develop into a female ( two X chromosomes)
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What happens after 6 weeks?
gonads start producing ANDROGEN
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What is androgen?
a male sex hormone - stimulates male reproductive organs to grow
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What causes infertility?
even with the presence of the y chromosome, androgen may not be detected and so all sex organs are produced other than the uterus
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Define Gonad
an organ that produces gametes; testes or ovaries
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What are gametes?
ovaries or testes

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