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Human Genetics. Identifying Human Phenotypes:. PTC Taster. Examining Human Traits. Complicating factors Ambiguous phenotypes, multiple alleles, major and minor genes, turn off genes, penetrance, expressivity Environment important factor. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Human Genetics
Identifying Human Phenotypes:
PTC Taster
Hitchhiker's Thumb Regular Thumb
Examining Human Traits
• Complicating factors
Ambiguous phenotypes,
multiple alleles, major
and minor genes, turn
off genes, penetrance,
expressivity• Environment
important factor
KeyMale
Female
AffectedmaleAffectedfemale
Mating
Offspring, inbirth order(first-born on left)
Pedigree – Family history to show the transfer of genetic traits
Genetic disorders
Pedigree : Chart used to trace family histories of genetic traits
Hemophilia Family Tree
Karyotyping
Karyotyping
Down’s Syndrome
Autosomal Dominant Traits
ACHOO Syndrome
• Sneezing in
bright light
Dwarf
Dwarf D d
D DD Dd
Lethal Dwarf
d Dd dd
Dwarf Normal height
X
• Dwarfism – Homozygous
lethal
Sickle Cell Anemia
Blood disease –
99% Black population
Codominant trait
PTC Taster
• Bitter chemical taste• Phenylthiocarbamide
Polydactyly - extra finger or toe
Autosomal Recessive Traits
Albinism – (7 kinds in humans)
PKUPhenylketonuria
• Lack enzyme to metabolize phenylalanine. Mental retardation without treatment.
• N. European descent
PKU - 1 in 15,000 Americans.
• A non-food source of phenylalanine is the artificial sweetener Aspartame. This compound, sold under the trade names "Equal" and "NutraSweet", is metabolized by the body into several chemical byproducts including phenylalanine.
Cystic Fibrosis
• Prevents normal breathing and digestion.
• White americans
Tay-Sachs Disease
• Nervous system deterioration.
• European Jews
Porphyria
• Port wine urine disease
• Iron abnormality• George III – American
Independence, Mary Queen of Scots
• Rare form – eastern Europe
• Long fine hair all over body, dying necrotic tissue, eyes sensitive to light, gums destroyed, teeth with iron deposits
Porphyry ?
Sex-linked RecessiveColorblindness
Sex-linked Recessive Hemophilia