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 14. Wolf Hirschhorn syndrome 2. Edwards Syndrome 15. Trisomy 16 3. Turner Syndrome 16. Fagile X syndrome 4. Extra X Chromosome 17. Duchenne muscular dystrophy 5. XYY syndrome 18. Phenylketonuria (PKU) 6. Klinefelter syndrome 19. Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome 7. Triplo-X females 20. Aicardi Syndrome 8. Cri-du-chat syndrome 21. Stickler/Marshall Syndromes (Very similar) 9. Patau syndrome 22. Bloom Syndrome 10. Alagille syndrome 23. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome 11. 22q13.3 deletion syndrome 24. Wiscott-Aldrich Syndrome 12. Prader-Willi syndrome 259 25. Marfan Syndrome 13. Angelman 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