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GENERAL BIOLOGY 1 Q1
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Who first described Edward's syndrome?
John
H. Edwards
Who is Klinefelter's syndrome named after?
Dr.
Harry Klinefelter
What are the types of single chromosome disorders?
Deletion
: Genetic material is missing
Duplication
: Genetic material is present twice
Inversion
: Genetic material is “flipped”
What are the two types of chromosome disorders involving two chromosomes?
Insertion
:
Genetic material
is added from another chromosome
Translocation
: Material is
swapped
with another chromosome
What is a ring chromosome?
A chromosome whose arms have fused together to form a ring
What is an isochromosome?
A
chromosome
that has
lost
one of its
arms
and replaced it with an
exact copy
of the other
arm
In which conditions can isochromosomes be seen?
In some females with Turner syndrome or in tumor cells