Genetic Disorders Research link
Task1: You will do research on genetic disorders.
Choose one of the following websites:
http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/genetics/intro.htm
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/
http://www.knowyourgenes.org/inheritance.shtml#x-linked
Click on a genetic disorder that you find interesting. Write a paragraph about the
disorder you choose be sure to answer the following questions in your paragraph.
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What genetic disorder did you choose?
Was your disorder autosomal or sex-linked? Explain the difference in each?
What are the symptoms? Who is at risk for having this disorder?
How do doctors treat it?
Task2:
Read the article and write a paragraph about sex-linked traits. Answer the following
questions within your paragraph.
1) What are sex-linked genes?
2) Why are x-linked (sex-linked) recessive traits not primarily expressed in
phenotypes of females but are primarily expressed in the phenotype of
males?
3) If a woman is a carrier of an X-linked recessive disorder and her mate does
not have it what is the probability that her sons will have it? Will any of her
daughters have it?
4) What sex-linked recessive gene was Queen Victoria a carrier of?
5) What does it mean to be a carrier for a gene?
6) How do you believe so many people in Queen Victoria’s family inherited this
disorder?