Genetic Disorders Project

You will be filling in the chart below using the information from the Human Genome Research Institute.
After completing the chart, choose one of the disorders to make a
poster
for presentation: Due December 18th
2015.
Genetic Disorder

What is it?

Why does it
occur?

What are the

major
symptoms?

What types of
treatments
exist?

Is the disorder
inherited?

Achondroplasia

Cri du chat

Cystic fibrosis

Down Syndrome

Huntington's disease

Klinefelter syndrome

Sickle cell disease

Turner Syndrome

Phenylketonuria

Use one of the disorders to create a poster presentation with all of the information from the chart, as well as pictures
and interesting information about the disease. You should also include the chromosome or gene where the disease is
located, the prognosis of someone with the disease, and the number of people affected out of 1000.