General Biology -Instructions for Genetic Disease Project – Test grade worth 100 Points

Objective: To provide information about a genetic disease using the table provided. Research the genetic disease assigned to you and put the information on the table provided on the back of this sheet. Insure the following information is provided:

  1. Heading (your name, biology, period, and date).
  2. Name of disease/disorder. Place it in the box at the top of the page
  3. Fill in the table with the following information;

Inheritance- How did someone inherit the disorder? Examples: recessive, dominant, sex-linked, nondisjunction

Symptoms – What types of symptoms does this person have because of the genetic disorder? What makes their life different than yours?

Cause – The disorder may cause a change in their body because their disorder causes the body not to function normally. Example: lacking an enzyme

Test/screening – What test is used to find out that the person has the disorder? Ex. Blood test, amniocentesis

Treatment – A genetic disorder cannot be cured, but the person can be treated for the symptoms of the disorder. What treatment can be used to improve their life?

Picture/Graphic – Provide a picture of a person with disorder or chromosomes. Please do not provide a picture that would be embarrassing to someone with the disorder.

Incidence – What is the percentage of occurrence in a population? Some disorders are very rare and may only occur in certain ethnic groups.

Websites used – Include 3 sites. (Google is not a website.)

DUE: February 12th 2016

GENETIC DISORDER REPORT

Achondroplasia (dwarfism)

Albinism

Alkaptonuria

ALD (adrenoleukodystrophy)

Alzheimer’s

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease)

Angelman Syndrome

Astigmatism

Cleft lip/cleft palate

Color Blindness

Cretinism (congenital hypothyroidism)

Cri-du-chat (Cry of the Cat)

Cystic Fibrosis

Diabetes Insipidus

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Fragile X

Galactosemia

Gaucher’s Disease

Hemophilia

Huntington’s Disease

Klinefelter’s Syndrome

Marfan’s Syndrome

Neurofibromatosis

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

PKU (phenylketonuria)

Polycystic Kidney Disease

Progeria

Proteus Syndrome

SCIDS ( Severe Combined Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

Sickle-cell disease (anemia)

Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS)

Spina Bifida

Tay-Sachs Disease

Thalassemia (Cooley’s anemia)

Tourette’s Syndrome

Trisomy 13 (Patau Syndrome)

Trisomy 18 (Edward’s Syndrome)

Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)

Turners Syndrome

Williams Syndrome

XYY Syndrome