Homologous chromosome

(Trisomy X) Genetic Disorders are diseases inherited through genetics. These disorders are usually scarce in number but affect one in thousands or millions of people. Trisomy X or Triple X syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes there to be three X chromosomes in a woman’s body. Trisomy X was discovered by a scientist named Patricia Jacobs in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was later named “XXX Syndrome” by a British pathologist and geneticist named Bernard Lenox after Patricia Jacobs called the…

struggle knowing I have a genetic disorder; Turner Syndrome. Turner Syndrome, or TS, is a genetic, chromosomal disorder in which a female is born with only one X chromosome (the 23rd pair). This affects the development in women (the disease can only occur in women). The most common way a female can get TS is by monosomy, which means an X chromosome is completely…

Turner Syndrome “Turner syndrome is a medical disorder that affects about a in every 2,500 girls.” Says Teens Health. Many people today are effected by genetic diseases, “a genetic disease is a disease that is caused by an abnormality in an individual’s DNA.” says Genetic Science Learning Center. A genetic disorder is not inherited but instead caused by a mutations in an individual’s DNA. These diseases shape who people are and affect them and the people around them their whole lives. There…

fertilize them in order to produce non-identical offspring (Science Learning Hub, 2011). The ability to create unique offspring for every –sexual reproduction- allow a greater chance of survival and mutations. Out of the 23 types of chromosome, the sex chromosome that determine…

Disease Overview Ichthyosis is the primitive cause of dry, flaky, thick, scaly skin. There are several different kinds of Ichthyosis, the main one is Ichthyosis vulgaris as it accounts for over 90% of all Ichthyosis cases and then there is X-linked Ichthyosis, which is the least common type of Ichthyosis with there being only one in every 6,000 births in males (Panthagani). X-linked Ichthyosis was chosen as the area of interest, it is a recessive disease in which only males get the disease…

you were already ten years old and just now were diagnosed with a syndrome that could have been found close to 10 years ago. Turner syndrome affects "1 in 2,500 every newborn girl," in the U.S. Turner syndrome is when a female has one working X-chromosome and one is altered or missing. The many symptoms include short stature, webbed neck and lymphedema, which is swelling of the hands and feet. To find out if you or a female you know has turner syndrome testing includes a lab test of your blood.…

caused by the attainment of an extra X chromosome at conception. It occurs in one in every 500-1000 male births but the rate is up to 20 times higher in newborns. It was first discovered in 1942 by a doctor named Klinefelter who published case reports of nine men who had breast enlargement, a lack of facial and body hair, smaller than average testicles and an inability to produce sperm. There are medical researchers that realized the role of the extra X chromosome and confirmed it to be the…

long limbs, and abnormally small testes. Based on my findings, “Klinefleter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects male physical and cognitive development”(Genetics Home, 2015). This genetic disorder is a result of having 2 X and a Y-chromosomes mixed together. Individuals living with Klinefeter syndrome typically have small testes that do not produce as much testosterone as usual”(Genetic Home, 2015). In essence, the small testicle does not produce a large amount of sperm, or lead to…

equally. Angelman syndrome is very often misdiagnosed as autism or cerebral palsy. Angelman syndrome is not an inherited disease, and is instead caused by a change in the E3 ubiquitin protein ligase gene (UBE3A) on the maternal chromosome 15. This change prevents the chromosome from functioning properly. It occurs as a random event during the formation of eggs and sperm, or in the early stages of embryonic development. There are four distinctive causes for Angelman syndrome, and each of those…

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy In this world, there are many diseases that are being caused by the X chromosomes or the Y chromosomes. Some of the diseases could be passed down from generation onto the next because it is gene and some of the diseases can be treated and which later on causes for it to make it worse. The diseases that would always be there would be Down Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, Hemophobia, and many more. As you can see, this paper is going to be able a genetic disease that is…