Name ________________________________ Block ________
Heredity and Genetic Disease Research Report Note-taking Guide
Use the following note-taking guide to help you take down important information regarding your topic. This will serves as a checklist to make sure that you’ve gathered all of the necessary information and should help you summarize the information in your own words.
Section A: Description of the genetic disorder/condition?
1. Where does the name come from or what does it mean? _______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2a. When was it discovered? _____________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2b. How was it discovered? ______________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2c. Who discovered it? _________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2d. Where was it first seen? _____________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
3a. What are the signs and/or symptoms of the disorder? ______________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section B: Percent of population/probability of births (use statistics)
1a. How many children are born with this disorder? ___________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
1b. How often does the disorder occur? ____________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
1c. How rare is the disorder? _____________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2a. Does it occur in males more often or in females more often? _________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
2b. What is the male to female ratio ________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section C: Inheritance Patterns
1a. How is the disorder inherited? _________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
1b. What type of disorder is it? (chromosomal, protein deficiency, enzyme deficiency, sex-linked, recessive) ___________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section D: Treatments
1a. What are the treatments, if any? ________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
1b. Are there any medications available? If yes, what are they? ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section E: Life Expectancy
1a. How long do people with the disorder live? _______________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
1b. What is everyday life like for a person with this disorder? ______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section F: Organizations/Foundations/Resources
1. What organizations/foundations or resources are available to help the families?
______________________________________________________________________
citation: ______________________________________________________________________
Section G: Citations and documentations
1a. How many pictures have you included in your project folder? ________________________
1b. How many diagrams have you included in your project folder? _______________________
1c. How many tables and/or charts have you included in your project folder? _______________________
2. Which citation website did you use?_______________________________
Timeline to help you stay on track with your project:
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