Exam 1 - Determinants of Health

Macroevolution

Genetic changes over a long period of time leading to a new species

Commensal

Two organisms living together with one benefiting and the other being neither helped nor harmed

Symbiotic

Two organisms living together with mutual benefit

Hypovitaminosis

Getting too little of a vitamin

Phenotype

The outward appearance of a person based on his/her genes

Hypervitaminosis

Getting too much of a vitamin

Genetic Drift

Change in the gene pool of a small population that takes place strictly by chance

SNP (Single Nucleotide Polymorphism)

The most common type of genetic variation

Macroevolution

Genetic changes over a long period of time lead to a new species

Pellagra

A vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency

Beriberi

A vitamin B1 (thiamin) deficiency

Scurvy

A vitamin C deficiency

Huntington’s Disease

Autosomal dominant disease

The Royal Hemophilia

Autosomal recessive disease

Rett Syndrome

X-linked dominant disease

Rickets

A vitamin D deficiency

MELAS

Mitochondrial DNA disease

Turner Syndrome

Disorder of the sex chromosome

Blue People of Kentucky

X-linked recessive disease

De la Capelle Syndrome

XX, but has an SRY gene

Sickle Cell Anemia

Protection against malaria

Hypovitaminosis A

Night blindness

Tay-Sachs Disease

Cherry-red spots in the middle layer of the eyes

Neurofibromatosis

Multiple, mostly benign, tumors all over the body

Huntington’s Chorea

What causes dramatic involuntary muscle movements?

Achondroplasia

Dwarfism

Albinism

Abnormal development of the retina

Hypervitaminosis

Kidney stones

Pellegra

vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency, referred to as Casal’s Collar