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• Cystic fibrosis

  Genetic disorder that results in thick, sticky mucus in the lungs and pancreas
• Genes can cause health problems
• Poly dactly

  Genetic condition that results in a person having more than the usual number of fingers or toes
• Genes that can cause health problems

  • Poly dactly
  • Cystic fibrosis
• Gene Theory

  Theory of inheritance developed by Gregor Mendel
• Phosphate

  Functional group containing phosphorus and oxygen
• Genetic testing by [name] finds problems
• Genotype

  Set of alleles present
• Allele


  A different version of a gene
• Phenotype


  An individual observable traits such as height, eye colour and blood type
• Homozygous 


  Possessing two identical alleles for the same gene
• Heterozygous 


  Possessing two or different alleles for the same gene