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Chapter 21 Biology

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

genetic diseases ? causes by defective alleles
 

 2. 

sickle cell anemia ? a X-linked recessive disease in which those afflicted are not able to produce a protein that is important for bloold clotting
 

 3. 

autosomal dominant ? genetic diseases or disorders that are carried by the recessive allele of a a gene of an autosome or non sex chromosome
 

 4. 

Tay-sachs ? a disease that in an autosomal recessive disorder that is most common in the Jewish community
 

 5. 

autosomal recessive ? disease and disorder that are carried on the dominant allele of a gene on a non-sex chromoso
 

 6. 

cysticd fibrosis ? causes by defective alleles
 

 7. 

achondroplastice dwarfism ? autosomal dominant diesease in which the bone development is inhibited
 

 8. 

duchenne muscular dystrophy ? causes by defective alleles
 

 9. 

genes ? sequences of DNA that code for particular trait
 

 10. 

sex linked disorders ? causes by defective alleles
 

 11. 

Huntington's ? a disease that is autosomal dominant that leasts to the degeneration of the nervous system
 

 12. 

hemophillia ? a X-linked recessive disease in which those afflicted are not able to produce a protein that is important for bloold clotting
 



 
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