Genetic Disorders
Genetic Disorders: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Sickle-cell Anaemia, Turner’s Syndrome, Klinefelter’s Syndrome, Albinism, Down’s Syndrome, Karyotype, Genetic Disorders, Chromosomal Abnormalities, Mitochondrial Disorder and, Inheritance of Sickle Cell Anaemia
Important Questions on Genetic Disorders
Sickle cell anaemia is diagnosed through _____ test.
How sickle cell anaemia is diagnosed?
One of these is an example of polygenic disorder.
The polygenic disorder is controlled by _____ (gene/mitochondria).
The polygenic disorder is controlled by only one gene.
What do you mean by polygenic disorder?
Mitochondrial disease is caused due to mutation in:
One of these is an example of mitochondrial disorder.
Mitochondrial disorder is caused due to _____ (mutation/translocation) in gene.
Diabetes mellitus is an example of mitochondrial disorder.
Choose the disease that leads to the crescent-shaped blood cell.
The abnormal disease that leads to the crescent-shaped blood cell is called:
Sickle cell anaemia cannot be treated.
Sickle cell anemia is caused due to _____ (mutation/adaptation) in gene.
What do you mean by sickle cell anaemia and state the remedies of sickle cell anaemia?
Sickle cell anaemia is an autosomal recessive inherited disease.
Explain the inheritance of sickle cell anaemia.
Sickle-cell anaemia is caused by a change in a single base pair of DNA.
Sickle cell anaemia is caused by alpha gene.
