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Human Heredity Key Concepts Questions
Miller Ch.14 (questions from book)
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Biology
9th Grade
05/12/2009

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How is sex determined?
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How do small changes in DNA cause genetic disorders?
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What is a karyotype?
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Explain how a small change in a person's DNA can cause a genetic disorder.
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How does studying genetic disorders such as PKU help biologists understand normal alleles?
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Why are sex-linked disorders more common in males than in females?
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What is nondisjunction and what problem does it cause?
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How does nondisjunction cause chromosome disorders?
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What are two examples of sex-linked disorders?
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What are two examples of sex chromosome disorders?
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What is the goal of the Human Genome Project?
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What is gene therapy?
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Describe how gene therapy works.
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Name two common uses for DNA testing.
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Describe how molecular biologists identify genes in sequences of DNA.
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