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Genetic Disorders WebQuest: The Vocabulary

Across
an inherited disorder that increases the levels of a substance called phenylalanine in the blood
A genetic disorder that affects the body's connective tissue (2 words)
A genetic disorder caused by missing or defective factor VIII, a clotting protein
The process by which the patients or relatives at risk of an inherited disorder are advised of the consequences and nature of the disorder, the probability of developing or transmitting it, and the options open to them in management and family planning (2 words)
A genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, often from little or no apparent cause (2 words)
A form of short-limbed dwarfism
The direct manipulation of an organism's genome using biotechnology (2 words)
A progressive, genetic disease that causes persistent lung infections and limits the ability to breathe over time (2 words)
Down
an inherited metabolic disorder in which certain lipids accumulate in the brain, causing spasticity and death in childhood (3 words)
An iron disorder in which the body simply loads too much iron
A fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain (2 words)
A group of disorders that affects hemoglobin, the molecule in red blood cells that delivers oxygen to cells throughout the body (3 words)
a biologist who studies genetics, the science of genes, heredity, and variation of organisms