When the cells in Melanie’s surface layer should have become specialized, what went wrong? Father’s genes are programmed for growth and determine how big and strong we become. Why do mother’s genes restrict growth?

Learning Questions: Lesson 2

1. As you watch this documentary, create a running bulleted list of things you are learning, things you want to remember, and questions that arise as you view this documentary.
2. The chances of having identical quadruplets: ­­­­__million to one.
3. How does the season a baby in Gambia is born affect its life expectancy?
4. When the cells in Melanie’s surface layer should have become specialized, what went wrong?
5. Father’s genes are programmed for growth and determine how big and strong we become. Why do mother’s genes restrict growth?
6. Why was Nell born larger than a typical baby? What are the health risks of her condition?
7. What is special about Randy Foye? What caused this to occur?
8. What is different about the DeSilva family?

9. Explain your understanding of genetic testing from reading in Chapter 2 of your textbook, then go on to explain why you would or would not want to undergo genetic testing to find out what abnormalities you might develop at a later age, i.e. Huntington’s disease, multiple sclerosis?
10. Explain your understanding of prenatal testing from reading in Chapter 2 of your textbook, then go on to explain why you would or would not want to undergo extensive prenatal testing to find out about the health of your unborn baby?