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Study Guide for CCP Biology TEST: Chapter 14 + 15
This test will consist of several sections. Some will be multiple choice and some parts you will have to fill in
short answers. There will also be diagrams and a pedigree to interpret.
Chapter 14: Human Heredity
You should be able to:
 Define: karyotype, autosome, nondisjunction, pedigree, carrier, gene therapy.
 Interpret a pedigree chart (sex, genotype, phenotype and relationships represented by symbols)
 Recognize the patterns of three common modes of inheritance—autosomal dominance, autosomal
recessive and sex-linked recessive—on a pedigree chart.
 Describe the inheritance of blood type in humans, including what is physically different on the blood
cells with various allele combinations.
 Describe the possible outcome of nondisjunction in autosomes and sex chromosomes.
 Explain why most harmful genetic disorders are inherited through recessive alleles.
 Identify the heredity and symptoms for common human genetic disorders such as Tay-Sachs,
hemophilia, Cystic Fibrosis, Huntington’s disease and color blindness.
Chapter 15: Genetic Engineering
You should be able to:
 Define or explain the following terms: selective breeding, inbreeding, genetic engineering,
recombinant DNA, restriction enzyme, sticky end, and clone.
 Describe the action of restriction enzymes and their uses.
 Define a transgenic organism and explain the purpose of producing them.
 Describe the basic process of cloning animals (i.e. the source of the DNA and the resulting genetic
make-up of the clone).