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27 Cards in this Set
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all humans have how many chromosomes
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46
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the first 22 pair of chroosomes are called
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autosomes
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yhr lsdy pair
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sex chromosomes
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monomorphic
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genes that make us humsn
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dominant genes
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child has 50 chance of inhariting the trait
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what is the relationship between genes and chromosoms
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chromosomes consist of genes
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descrobe mendels three types of inheritance of single gene taits dominant, recessive, and x-linked
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dominant if one parent has the trait the children have a 50% chace of inheriting it, Recessive both parents must be carriers in order for the child to express it, x-linked women are carriers and are not affected
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if you wanted to know if a disorder suchas alcoholism were genetic how would you go about studing the issue
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yu might use behavior genetis and study setes of identical twins or you might conduct other family studies
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dscribe the stages of prenatal developmental
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germinal state:conception to 2 weeks,zygot 1 week after fertilization, embryo: 1 week to10 days after conception, fetal;8 weeks to birth
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what environmental factors might disrupt prenatal development
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viruses bacteria prescription and illegal drugs and alcohol
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what are the states of birth process
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labor;12 to 24 hurs
delivery; 20-40 min after birt; 10-20 min |
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downs syndrom
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extra #21 chromosome caused by an accident of cell division(s/s) learning impairment characteristic facial appearance, hypotonia . heart defects
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turner syndrom
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mising x chrom in a female (s/s) ovaries do not develop will nt go into puberty without homone intervention short stature heart defects learning disabilities webbed neck at birth
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klinefelter syndrom
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unknown marker (s/s) somewhat tall delayed puberty infertility larning diabilities
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fragile x syndrom
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unknown marker (s/.s) mental reardation large ears prominent chin enlarged testes
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neurofibromatosis
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autosomal dominant (s/s) benign tumors on skin and along nerves, hyperpigmented spots on skin learning disabilities, sometimes scoliosis malignancies
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Phenylketonuria (PKU)
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autosomal recessive missing the enzyme to break done of phenylalanine (s/s) if untreated mental retardation behavior problems caused by brain damage form circulationg phenylalanind
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cystic fibrosis
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autosomal recessive mucos is to thick s/s lung problem frequent infection shortened life span
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sickle cell diseae
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autosomal recessive s/s red blood ces are misshapen and do not squeez through small blood vessels resultingin clots
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duchenne muscular dystrophy
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xlinked progressive loss of muscle strength and control shortened life span
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cleft lip and palat
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multifactoria sometimes due to prenatal alcohol exposure
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neural tube defects
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mulgifactorial foic acid deficiency
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alpha fetoprotein analysis
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done at 14-20 weeks and is usually and indicator that something is wrong with the fetus
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chronionic villus biops
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done 8-10 week indicator for tay sachs disease
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natural selection
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refers to the idea that some characteristics improve survival
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evolutionary psychology
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study the ways that humans adapt and survive
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apgar scale
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first assessment that is done of newborns normal scores 7-10 below 5 indicates problems
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