| Term | Definition |
|---|
| haploid | Gametes are... |
| 23 | haploid cells have how many chromosomes? |
| Karl Landsteiner | 1900, discovered 4 types of blood groups. |
| Antigen A or Antigen B | rbc's contain one or two antigens: |
| I(A), I(B), i | There are three possible alleles... |
| AB | Which blood is a universal recipient? |
| O | WHich blood type is a universal donor? |
| AB- | What is the rarest blood type? |
| O+ | Most common blood type? |
| I(A)i | What is the genotype of someone with A blood? |
| 15% | What percent of the population is Rh-? |
| Huntington disease | The disease that goes unrecognized for years because there are no symptoms until 30-40 years of age? |
| Huntington disease and Polydactyly | Autosomal dominant disorders are... |
| Sickle Cell Anemia | What disease has rbc's that are bent and twisted? |
| O(2) | hemoglobin carries... |
| H(A) | What is the normal allele for hemoglobin? |
| H(S) | What is the mutated allele for sicle cell? |
| stress and exercise | What deprives rbc's of O(2)? |
| Sickle Cell Anemia, Cystic Fibrosis and Tay Sachs Disease | What are the autosomal recessive disorders? |
| sickle cell anemia | people of African ancestry are most likely to have what disorder? |
| cystic fibrosis | what is the most common fatal disorder of European ancestry? |
| tay sachs disease | what disease is most common among Jewish persons of Europeans descent? |
| 1 in 1000 | .....births are affected by nondisjunction of sex chromosomes. |
| turner syndrome | 45X_ |
| klinefelter syndrome | 47XXY |
| colorblindness, hemophilia and muscular dystrophy | What are the X-linked recessive disorders? |
| Down syndrome | trisomy 21 |
| patau's syndrome | trisomy 13 |
| edward's syndrome | trisomy 18 |
| amniocentisis | sample of amniotic fluid surrounding the embryo is removed. |
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