Genetic Disorder Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Huntington's disease | Brain disorder where brain cells rot away. Caused by Dominant trait. |
| Hemophilia | Blood cannot clot |
| sickle cell anemia | misshaped blood cells. |
| Cystic fibrosis | Lungs fill with mucus |
| down syndrome | Extra chromosome causes developmental problems. |
| carrier | carrying a gene for a disorder without having the disorder. |
| Cancer | growth regulator gene is damaged. Cells grow out of control |
| Gene Therapy | using genes to treat disease |
| karyotype | A picture of your genes. Used to diagnose disorders |
| pedigree | a diagram that shows the genes or traits in several generations of a family |
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