Chromosomal Disorder Project



Chromosomal Disorder Project

Create a PowerPoint presentation that you will present to the class about one of the following chromosomal disorders. The requirements for your presentation are listed below.

You will present these PowerPoints on Thursday 2/10

List of possible disorders: (Only one person may do a disorder. Sign up with Mr. Foster.)

1. Downs syndrome

2. Edwards Syndrome

3. Turner Syndrome

4. Extra X Chromosome

5. XYY syndrome

6. Klinefelter syndrome

7. Triplo-X females

8. Cri-du-chat syndrome

9. Patau syndrome

10. Alagille syndrome

11. 22q13.3 deletion syndrome

12. Prader-Willi syndrome 259

13. Angelman syndrome

14. Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome

15. Trisomy 16

16. Fagile X syndrome

17. Duchenne muscular dystrophy

18. Phenylketonuria (PKU)

19. Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome

20. Aicardi Syndrome

21. Stickler/Marshall Syndromes (Very similar)

22. Bloom Syndrome

23. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

24. Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome

List of Requirements:

1. What is a Chromosomal Disorder? (1pt)

2. Define:

a. Mutation (1pt)

b. Polyploidy (1pt)

c. Aneuploidy (1pt)

d. Trisomy (1pt)

e. Monosomy (1pt)

f. Euploid (1pt)

g. Uniparental Disomy (1pt)

3. Name of disorder you chose. (2pts)

4. Where did the name come from? (2pts)

5. Genotype- How does a person have this disorder? (How are the chromosomes different?) (4pts)

6. Phenotype- (4pts)

a. Severity of mental disability in any

b. IQ range

c. Other Symptoms (physical or mental)

7. Is it detectable prior to birth? If so, how and when? If not, when? (2pts)

8. Occurrence in humans (How often is a person born with this disorder?) (2pts)

9. How long can a person with this disorder live? (2pts)

10. Are they susceptible to diseases or things that a person with a euploid set of chromosomes is not? (2pts)

11. Include a picture of a person with the disorder. (2pts)

12. Can this disorder be passed to further generations? (2pts)

13. You will also be graded on neatness and creativity (Font size, Pictures, Spacing, Color contrast…) (10pts)

Total- 42 pts

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