Genetic Diseases

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Is there a chance of a child inheriting Cystic fibrosis if only one of its parents is a carrier?
no
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Huntingdon's disease is caused by a dominant gene. If one parent have the disease what is the chance of the child getting it?
1:2
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When is Amniocentesis usually carried out?
10th week
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How many x chromosomes do woman have?
2
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Huntingdon's only show itself later on in someone's life. how could this affect families?
they may already have a child before they realise they have it.
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Where does Chorionic villus sampling get its sample of tissue from?
placenta
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What is a false negative?
Where a blood test indicates that all is well when it isn
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What is the risk of miscarriage in Chorionic villus sampling
1.5%
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How many x chromosomes do men have?
1
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Huntingdon's disease is caused by a dominant gene. If one parent have the disease what is the chance of the child getting it?

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When is Amniocentesis usually carried out?

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Comments

Imaad Shaikh

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mistake on question 4, the answer should be 1:1 ...

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so its 50% which is 1:1,,,1:2 is a 1/3

Steph

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Really enjoyed this can you make some more like this for the other topics pretty please because i found this so usedful for revision

Bradley Wilton

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*Huntingtons disease.

Amniocentises is carried out at 14-16 weeks.

brenda

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woo :)

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