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- X---
- female
- sterile
- shorter, stocky |
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- XXX
- females
- usually fertile
- abnormalities vary |
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- XXY
- male
- sterile
- may be mentally retarded
- slight breast development
- underdeveloped genetailia
- sparse body hair |
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- recessive disorder on chromosome #12
- failure of the brain to develop in infancy
- test for this disorder is given at infancy
- dietary adjustments are given to help |
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- dominant disorder
- breakdown of certain areas of the brain
- uncontrollable movements
- onset usually occur between 30-50 |
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- dominant disorder
- dwarfism |
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- recessive disorder
- carried on chromosome #7
- fairly common in white americans
- a defective protein causes thick mucus to accumulate in the lungs and digestive track |
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- recessive disorder
- affects central nervous system
- lipids build up in the brain
- death in early childhood
- common in US among jewish |
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- co-dominant disorder
- most common in african americans
- causes red blood cells to be sickle shape and reduces the oxygen carrying capacity |
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- sex linked recessive
- can't tell the difference between red and green |
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| Red-Green Color Blindness |
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- sex linked recessive
- failure of blood to clot
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- sex linked recessive
- wasting away of muscles |
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- trisomy 21
- some degree of mental retardation
- 3 chromosomes on pair # 21 |
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- trisomy 13
- multiple abnormalities
- usually fatal by 1 year of age |
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- trisomy 18
- varying degrees of mental retardation
- usually fatal by 3 months of age |
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