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Mutations |
Changes in heredity material |
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Chromosomal Mutations |
Large changes in chromosome amount or structure |
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Gene Mutations |
Change in the chemical nature of DNA by the addition, deletion or substitution of one base |
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Mutagens |
Things that cause mutations |
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Somatic Mutations |
occurs in body cells |
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germ mutations |
occurs in gametes |
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Nondisjunction |
Failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis |
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Aneuploidy |
Abnormal chromosome number |
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polyploidy |
Too many chromosomes |
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Trisomy |
2n+1 |
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Monoploidy |
Too few chromosomes |
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Translocation |
exchange of segments between nonhomologuos chromosomes |
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Insertion/duplication |
chromosome present more than once |
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Deletion |
loss of a chromosome: may reattach or remain a fragment |
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Inversion |
Chromosome breaks and reattaches upside down; reversed |
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Down Syndrome |
Trisomy 21 |
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Klinfelters Syndrome |
Trisomy of the sex chromosome XXY |
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Turners syndrome |
monosomy of the sex chromosome X |
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XYY Male |
trisomy of the sex chromosome XYY |
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Huntington's Disease |
A degenerative nervous disorder |
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Albinism |
Lack of melanin |
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Cystic Fibrosis |
Over production of mucus in lungs |
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Sickle Cell Anemia |
Red blood cells are sickle shaped and can not carry oxygen efficiently |
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Tay-Sach's Disease |
Lack of enzyme that breaks down lipids in the brain |
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PhenyIktonura |
PKU- caused by a lack of an enzyme that changes phenylalaline to tyrosine |
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Hemophilia |
recessive sex-linked disorder carried on the X chromosome: failure of blood to clot |