Quarter 4 Honors Project Check In 1

Student Name: Shae Eggert

Couple Letter: B
1. Baby info:
a. Childs Gender: Male
b. Childs Name: Archibald Alfonso Peters-Burke
c. Childs parents: Jaiden and Shae
2. What chromosomal abnormality is indicated on your karyotype?
a. Describe how it appears on the karyotype. Its on the 23rd chromosome,
and theres an extra X.
b. What disorder does it indicate? Klinefelters Syndrome
c. What are the symptoms of the disorder? Delayed puberty, flaccid muscles,
reduced sex drive, low-set ears, and infertility.
d. What is the prognosis for your baby with this disorder? Males born with
this syndrome may have reduced muscle mass, facial hair, and body.
e. What treatments and/or assistance would be necessary? Testosterone
by injection, androgen replacement therapy, and fertility treatment.
3. What allelic disorder is indicated by your family history? Duschenne Muscular
Dystrophy
4. Attach the pedigree that you created based on your family history. Dont
forget that if there are carriers, you should shade them!
a. Based on your pedigree draw Punnett squares to predict the probability
that your child will also have the allelic disorder. Make sure that you
state the probability after completing the Punnett Squares! Our baby
has a 50% chance of getting Duschenne Muscular Dystrophy
b. What are the signs and symptoms of this disorder? Abnormality in
walking, muscle weakness, constantly walking on tip toe, difficulty swallowing,
and learning disability
c. What treatments and/or assistance would be necessary for a child with
this disorder? There is no cure, but they can take a prescription called
Prednisone (Deltasone)
5. Write out all possible Punnett Square(s) to predict your babys blood type.
Explain why multiple squares were or were not necessary. I needed to make
multiple squares because I didnt know if the moms blood type (A), was a carrier or not.
Even if she was a carrier or not, the baby would most likely be blood type A. (6/8 chance,
75%)
6. From the baby lab (Note: Do NOT attach your lab data to this. Instead, explain
the information as requested)
a. Choose 4 traits that are inherited by basic autosomal dominance or
recessiveness.
i. For each trait, give the genotype and state whether it is
homozygous dominant, heterozygous, or homozygous recessive

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2.
3.
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Hair Type: heterozygous dominant

Eye Shape: homozygous dominant
Eyelashes: heterozygous dominant
Eyebrow thickness: homozygous recessive

ii. State the babys phenotype

1. Hair type: Wavy
2. Eye shape: Almond
3. Eyelashes: Long
4. Eyebrow thickness: Fine
b. Choose 1 trait that is inherited by incomplete dominance.
i. Explain why this is considered to be incomplete dominance. Hair
type because there are two different hair types, curly and straight and
when you mix the two together, you get wavy hair. The recessive
phenotype is now noticed instead of being completely covered by the
dominant trait. Our babys genotype was M1, M2, and they had wavy hair
so its an example of incomplete dominance.
ii. State the babys genotype and phenotype in your explanation
c. Choose 1 trait that in polygenic.
i. Explain what polygenic means A trait controlled by many alleles or
genes.
ii. Explain how polygenic inheritance worked to give your baby
his/her phenotype
Skin color is a polygenic trait because there are over 12 genes that the
baby can have. My babys genotype was EE, ff, gg and his phenotype was
light brown. The more dominant traits, the darker the skin, and the more
recessive traits the lighter the skin.
iii. Be sure to include your babys genotype in your explanation
7. List 2 Correctly-cited resources from which you found the information about
your genetic disorders in MLA format.

Works Cited
"Klinefelter Syndrome." Treatments and Drugs. Mayo Clinic Staff, 25 June 2013. Web. 09 Nov. 2015.
"Muscular Dystrophy." Symptoms. Mayo Clinic Staff, n.d. Web. 09 Nov. 2015.
"Polygenic Definition." Genetics Home Reference. U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2 Nov. 2015.
Web. 09 Nov. 2015.