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BIOLOGY I _Period:
Bellringer: Use your reading strategies to learn about the causes, symptoms, and treatment of the chromosomal disorder known as Downs Syndrome.
Downs syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, occurs when an extra chromosome appears on the 21st pair. This genetic disorder is associated with mild to moderate learning disabilities, developmental delays, characteristic facial features, and low muscle tone in early infancy. Many individuals with an extra 21st chromosome also have heart defects, leukemia, gastro-intestinal problems. There are a number of other health issues that can affect individuals with this genetic disorder. The symptoms for Downs Syndrome can range from mild to severe. The life expectancy for individuals with Trisomy 21 has dramatically increased over the past few decades as medical care and social inclusion have improved. A person with Downs Syndrome in good health, will on average live to age 55 or beyond.
Food for thought: What do you think it might be like to be the parent of a child with Downs Syndrome? What would you be worried about? What do you think school might be like for your child? What do you think you would be able to share with your child? What might be different?
Objective: I can explain how DNA replicates, or makes copies of itself. Homework: HW 81 is due next class! Your Unit 7 Assessment is next Tues/Wed!!!!!!
An enzyme called ______________ #2 Unzipping the DNA strands comes in to _____________ and separate the _____ strands of the parent DNA. It is called helicase because it unzips the double ___________.
Each strand can be used as a ________________ to make a new strand. If the single strand has an
#3 Adding the complementary base pairs
adenine, it would pair with a ________________, and if it has a guanine, it would pair with a _________________. The enzyme that joins the new bases is called________________________. Remember poly=___________. DNA _________________ checks and fixes any ____________ it
finds. We now have 2 _________________ strands. Each _______________ to the parent strand but with one _______strand and one ______ each.