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Questions for Discussion: Chromosome Viewer

  • On which chromosome would you find: Tay-Sachs disease? Sickle cell anemia? Ellis-van Creveld syndrome? Huntington's disease?
  • Which diseases are found on the X chromosome? How would their pattern of inheritance differ from diseases found on autosomal chromosomes (non-sex chromosomes)?
  • When looking at the chromosome maps, what impressions do you get about living things?