Download Primary School Presentation - Unique The Rare Chromosome

The recipe for life
What are ‘genes’?
• Our similarities and differences
• We all know about the jeans we wear
– they keep your legs warm and give you
somewhere to put your iPod or your
mobile phone.
• But inside your body there’s a different kind of
‘genes’.
Cells, Chromosomes, DNA and Genes
The human body is made up of billions of individual CELLS
CHROMOSOMES contain the GENES. Genes are "strung" along
the chromosomes, a bit like beads along a necklace. Genes are the
instructions that tell the body how to develop and work properly
Every cell in the human body normally contains 23 PAIRS of
chromosomes, making 46 chromosomes in total
Of the 23 pairs of chromosomes in each of these cells, one
member of each pair is normally inherited from the father and the
other member is normally inherited from the mother.
What is a rare chromosome disorder?
A rare chromosome
disorder means that
something happened to the
chromosomes whilst a baby
was developing inside his
mum. It could mean that
the baby has a piece of
chromosome missing,
added, or might have
swapped places with
another chromosome.
 Chromosomes
Our similarities and differences
Our genes are 99.5% the same as each other
Chimpanzee
Our closest living ancestor
Man
Prince Charles
What are your little differences?
Take a minute to think about some of the little differences that make you
unique.
• Do you have freckles?
• Do you have the same colour
eyes as your friends?
All these things are decided by the tiny differences in our
genes.
These two young people have
different chromosome disorders
You may remember the earlier slide showing
two cakes?
• The cakes are both the same and equally as
delicious
• One had a piece removed
• It doesn't matter that the cakes look different,
they are both equally good with or without the
missing piece, or with slightly different ingredients
My story
Learning more about genes and chromosome
disorders
www.rarechromo.org
This is the Unique mascot, he is called
‘Gene’
Thank you for listening