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Understanding Genetic Diseases (Part 3: Prepare a Poster (Name of disease,…
Understanding Genetic Diseases
Part I: Learn Basic Information about Your Disease
Go to website
Find disease of interest and read info provided
Create a sample family pedigree for the disease. Need one great-grandmother with disease and one great-grandchild with disease.
Part 2: Find Additional Information about Disease
Check second website
Is there anything new you learned from this that you didn't already know from the other website? Is the disease always inherited or sometimes caused by other factors?
Find information on OMIM. From here answer, where is the gene located in the human genome? What does the protein produced by this gene normally do? Can you find the protein in a metabolic pathway? Is this disease treatable? Is there an animal model for this disease? In which animal?
Part 3: Prepare a Poster
Name of disease
A drawing of human body that includes affected organs
Your name and partner's name
Sample pedigree from part 1
Information you discovered about disease
Part 4: Poster Sharing
You have 10 minutes to present
Leave poster behind for TA.
Shivani Bisen
TA: William Baek