PPT-Genetic Disorders Human Inheritance and Genetic Disorders

Polydactyly Down Syndrome Hemophelia Progeria Hypertrichosis Sickle Cell Anaemia INTRODUCTION What is genetic diseasesdisorders The human body is composed up of cells each one specializing a particular function like sensing light smelling . Introduction. There are thousands of . genetic disorders. that affect humans, some of which can have profound effects on a person's quality of life. Genetic disorders are . passed from parents to offspring in the genetic . Isabel C. Ibarra Soto. Episcopal Cathedral School. This . project investigates all four types of genetic disorders in order to find out which is the most common among the Puerto Rican community. With this information, this project addressed how the Human Genome Project has helped the scientific community to find cures for this type of disorders. Throughout this extensive Internet research, it was found that the most common type of genetic diseases in Puerto Rican society are the . Warm Up: 2/1/2017. Instructions: Turn in your Cornel notes on Mutation Types and Causes to the turn it in box on my desk & start working on answering the . questions below:. What is a mutation? . Your Subtitle Goes Here. Introduction. Two objectives:. Major concepts related to human genetic variation.. Relationship between basic biomedical research and the improvement of personal and public health.. What has gone wrong?. 2. Certain human genetic disorders can be attributed to the inheritance of single gene traits or specific chromosomal changes, such as nondisjunction.. illustrative examples:. . Genetic disorders can be due to any of the following factors:. A. Monogenetic Disorders: Caused by a mutation in a single gene. Autosomal. recessive alleles:. a. You may be a carrier and not know it, since the dominant allele masks the recessive.. Project goals:. identify. all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA. determine. sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA. Karyotype. Genetic Disorders. Major types of genetic disorders:. CP Biology. Genetic Disorders. Major types of genetic disorders:. Autosomal. Single genes. Multiple genes. Sex-linked. Chromosome abnormalities. Autosomal Disorders. Autosomal genetic disorders . are caused by alleles on autosomes (chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes). Project goals:. identify. all the approximately 20,000-25,000 genes in human DNA. determine. sequences of the 3 billion chemical base pairs that make up human DNA. Karyotype. Genetic Disorders. Major types of genetic disorders:. Most genes are carried on the ___________, ______ chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes. These disorders affect males and females ________ and are due to _____ mutations. Autosomal disorders can be divided into three groups based on the pattern of inheritance.. Inheriting Genetic Conditions Reprinted from https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health Departm Complex Patterns of Inheritance. Incomplete dominance (review). Co-Dominance (review). Multiple alleles – pattern of inheritance is determined by two or more alleles. . Blood types (next slide) – three forms (I. Human inheritance involves more issues than pea plants. Relatively few traits follow a Mendelian inheritance . pattern, but we cannot . ethically perform test . crosses. Most human traits are polygenic. TERMINOLOGY OF GENETIC AND CONGENITAL DISORDERS. Congenital. Allele. Gene locus. Gene mutation. Genotype. Phenotype. Homozygous. Heterozygous. Polymorphism. Gene penetrance. Gene expression. CAUSES OF BIRTH DEFECTS.