Chapter 11-12 Flashcards

(34 cards)

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A person who can pass a trait on to spring but doesn’t show it is a…

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Carrier

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A diagram that shows family history.

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A pedigree

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3
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Shows the location of a gene on a chromosome.

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Chromosome map

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A picture of the chromosomes of an individual.

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karyotype

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5
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Males are_ _

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XY

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6
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Females are_ _

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XX

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7
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A loss of a piece of chromosome.

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Deletion

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When a piece of chromosome breaks off and flips.

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Inversion

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9
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When a piece of chromosome breaks off and reattaches on a new chromosome

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Translocation

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10
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The failure of a pair of chromosomes to separate.

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Nondisjunction

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11
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Cancers of muscle and bone.

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Sarcoma

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12
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Cancer of the white blood cells.

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Leukemia

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13
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Cancer of the tissues that cover and line the body and organs.

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Carcinoma

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14
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Adding a base to a DNA sequence.

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Addition or Insertion

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15
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Removing a base from a DNA sequence.

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Deletion

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16
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Changing a base in a DNA sequence.

17
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Controlled by male and female hormones.

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Sex-influenced Traits

18
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Are caused by a single gene.

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Single-allele Traits

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Have multiple forms of the same allele.

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Multiple alleles

20
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Controlled by multiple sets of genes.

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Polygenic Traits

21
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Those that are tied to a sex chromosome.

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Sex-Linked/X-linked Traits

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A mass of abnormal cells.

23
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When a cell changes to fit what the body needs.q

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Cell Differentiation

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Those diseases what we inherit.

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Genetic Disorder

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Substances that cause cancer.
Carcinogens
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3 Factors that determine your risk for cancer.
1. Genetic Predisposition 2. Number of Exposures 3. Amount of carcinogen per exposure.
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Metastasis
When cancer spreads
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Occur only in the body cells of the individual.
Somatic Mutations
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Occur in the reproductive cells
Germ-cell Mutations
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Using high intensity sound waves to create a picture of the developing baby.
Ultrasound
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3 Carcinogens
Tabacco; asbestos; radiation
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An (Se)X-linked disorder
Colorblindness
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One single allele disorder.
Huntington’s Disease
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