1. Click here to view an animation that explains how mutations occur in your DNA.2. Click here to view an animation about sickle cell anemia.
2.1 What is sickle cell anemia?
2.2 How many abnormal genes must a person inherit to suffer from sickle cell anemia?
3. Click here to view an animation that explains how a drug, Gleevec, can stop the harmful effects of a specific type of Leukemia.
2.1 What is sickle cell anemia?
ReplyDeleteSickle cell anemia is a codominant disorder that affects hemoglobin, and can distort the shape of the red blood cells in the blood.
2.2 How many abnormal genes must a person inherit to suffer from sickle cell anemia?
Because sickle cell anemia is inherited codominantly, a person must inherit only one abnormal gene to suffer from sickle cell anemia.
2.1 sickle cell anemia is a disorder that affects hemoglobin, the oxygen carrying cell of the blood. if affects the shape of red blood cells, causing them to turn sickle shape.
ReplyDelete2.2 you only need to inherit 1 mutated gene to get the disese because it is codominant