Genetic+Disorder+Project

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=﻿"Make a Baby" Genetic disorder project=

You will work with a partner on this assignment. One partner will be the male parent and the other partner will be the female parent. You will receive a set of chromosomes that represent the genetic makeup of your "baby". You will arrange the chromosomes in a karyotype. You will then interpret the chromosomes to determine the "baby's" genotype and phenotype. You need to determine the physical features such as sex, eye color, hair color, and blood type. Your baby will have genes that cause it to have a genetic disorder. Your baby will also be a carrier for a different genetic disorder. You will research the genetic disorder and prepare a presentation to report your findings to the class. You will need to interpret how the disease was inherited - Is it a dominant or recessive? Is it a sex-linked trait? Which parent(s) passed the defective gene to the child?

Each "baby" will have a different genetic disorder. Your baby will have one of the following:
 * Albinism
 * Color Blindness (red/green)
 * Cystic Fibrosis
 * Down's Syndrome
 * Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
 * Dwarfism
 * Hemophilia
 * Huntington's Disease
 * Klinefelter's Syndrome
 * Marfan Syndrome
 * PKU
 * Retinoblastoma
 * Sickle Cell Anemia
 * Tay-Sach's Disease
 * Turner's Syndrome