Genetics
Across
- 3. brain disorder classified as psychosis affects persons thinking,sense of self/perceptions
- 4. brittle bone disease, one break easily due to imperfectly formed/ an inadequate amount of bone collagen (protein)
- 6. excessive and repetitive drinking of alcoholic beverages to the extent that the drinker repeatedly is harmed or harms others
- 9. a way a genetic trait or condition can be passed down from parent to child
- 14. abnormal hemoglobin in red blood cells causes RBCs to sickle and have difficulty passing through small blood vessels
- 15. A group of genetic conditions marked by little or none of the pigment melanin in the skin, hair, and/or eyes.
Down
- 1. an inherited disorder that causes nerve cells in parts of the brain that controls thinking, emotion, and movement
- 2. caused by inheritance of 2 mutated recessive alleles on the autosomes
- 5. abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health
- 7. transport protein deficiency: chloride ion channel results in thick mucus in respiratory and digestive tracts
- 8. phenotype is influenced by genes and the environment
- 10. metabolic disease characterized by elevated levels of blood glucose or blood sugar
- 11. rare fatal genetic condition characterized by an appearance of accelerated aging in children caused by spontaneous mutation in a gamete produced by normal parent
- 12. disease in which abnormal cells divide without control and can invade nearby tissues
- 13. abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries