Genetics Name: ____________________ Date ___________
Go to the following site: http://www.biology.arizona.edu/human_bio/activities/karyotyping/karyotyping.html
Read the “Introduction” and answer the following:
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What is the first thing geneticists do in order to begin to analyze a human karyotype?
2.
How do geneticists perform a karyotype analysis? What do they look at?
At the bottom of the page, click on “Patient Histories” and answer the following:
3.
What is Patient A’s history?
4.
What is Patient B’s history?
5.
What is Patient C’s history?
At the bottom of the page, click forward to go to “Patient A”. Follow the online directions and answer the following:
6.
What short-hand method notation would you use to characterize Patient A's karyotype?
7.
What diagnosis would you give Patient A?
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Go on to “Patient B” by clicking the forward icon. Follow the online directions and answer the following:
8.
What short-hand method notation would you use to characterize Patient B's karyotype?
9.
What diagnosis would you give Patient B?
Go on to “Patient C” by clicking the forward icon. Follow the online directions and answer the following:
10.
What short-hand method notation would you use to characterize Patient C's karyotype?
11.
What diagnosis would you give Patient C?
Now, the final part of this activity is to search the internet for web sites that cover some interesting aspect of human genetics.
An excellent way to conduct internet searches is to use a meta-search engine such as
Google at http://www.google.com. At the Google site, when you type in key words, Google will search all of the major search engines on the web and compile the result for you in nice, friendly format.
After you conduct your internet search, write the web address of a human genetics web site that you like, the title of that site, and a 2-3 sentence summary of the site's content below.
Web Address:
Title of Site:
Summary:
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