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You will choose a genetic disorder
to become an expert on. Address the following questions in your research:
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What is your
disease and what are the symptoms?
- Are there any names by which it is commonly known?
- How is your
disease passed on genetically?
- What is the mode of inheritance?
- Determine whether your disorder is an autosomal dominant trait, an autosomal recessive
trait, an X-linked recessive trait, a chromosomal error, or a multifactorial trait (polygenetic disorder).
- Chromosomal errors may take several types: a missing X chromosome, an extra chromosome,
or part of a chromosome missing. A multifactorial disorder is one which is caused
by several genes or by a combination of genetic and environmental factors.
- Whom can
your disease affect?
- How does it affect the victim?
- What is it like to have the disorder?
- How would you describe the disorder to someone else?
- What is the disorder like externally, internally, biochemically, psychologically,
etc.?
- What problems are associated with the disorder?
- Is the disorder physically limiting?
- Is it life-threatening?
- Is it invariably fatal? I
- s it more common in certain groups of people, such as a particular ethnic or religious
group or a particular sex?
- Are there
any cures or treatments for your disease?
- Can anything be done for the disorder?
- Can the basic defect be treated?
- Can the symptoms or results of the disorder be treated?
- Is there a cure for the disorder?
- Is there any gene therapy for the disorder?
- What tests
can be done to detect your disease?
- Can the disorder be detected before the symptoms appear? If so, how?
- Is there any way to detect a carrier of the disorder? If so, how?
Due Date : Friday, February 8, 2007
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