1. Name: Olivia Taylor, Julia Dudkiewicz, and Varsha M.
Galactosemia
Name: Olivia Taylor, Julia Dudkiewicz, and Varsha M.
Date: January 28, 2010
Period: 3

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3. Summary of Galactosemia
Is an inherited disease that makes the host unable to metabolize galactose. Galactose- is a simple sugar, found in ½ of milk.
People with Galactosemia either don’t have, or lack the enzyme (GALT) that helps break down galactose.
Infants that inherit Galactosemia who are feed dairy/milk products will have jaundice, vomiting, lethargy, and also mental retardation, cirrhosis, and kidney failure can occur.

4. Did you know???
Children with Galactosemia have lower (IQ) levels then their siblings
Ovarian failure may occur in girls, and that most girls with it can’t conceive naturally. Though boys have normal testicular function.

5. .Galactosemia gene is located on the chromosome 9.

6. Mode of Inheritance How do you get this disorder?
Autosomal recessive pattern
To get this disorder, a child must get one defective gene from each parent
If the child inherits one normal & one bad gene, they are okay. But can still pass the bad one to their kids. This gives their child another possibility of having Galactosemia.
What’s an Autosomal Recessive?
Is when a child has to get a copy of a gene from each parent to have that trait
What’s an Autosomal Dominant?
Is when a child has to only get one defected gene from one parent to inherit a disease
What’s Sex linked/X-linked?
Is when a gene gets carried on a sex chromosome, especially an x-chromosome
XX- Female
XY-Male
Determines sex & sex characteristics

7. What are Alleles
Alleles are represented by a small letter on the punnett square. -Capital letters are dominant, and lower case letters are recessive.
• Alleles are a way to identify in a gene pair, which gene produces what phenotypes. You get them from your parents
• Depending on the disease a small letter (Alleles) can be good or bad genes. In our disease it is bad.
• Example: In order to have Galactosemia you need two bad genes, or two small Alleles, or recessive(aa) genes. Having two of the same genes (aa) is called a homozygous pair. To be a carrier you need a dominant and a recessive gene (Aa), having a bad and a good genes is called a Heterozygous pairs.

8. Punnett squares to show the possibility of each child receiving the galactosemia gene
Father
Father G g Gg G g GG Gg gg M O T H E R M O T H E R
gg= homozygous recessive (has the complete Galactosemia gene)
GG= homozygous dominant (does not have the gene at all)
Gg= heterozygous dominant (Has a part of the gene but it does not show)
.Remember each punnett square is the possibility for EACH child to get the Galactosemia gene!
.The Father is on the top of the punnett square and the mother is on the left of the punnett square.

9. Punnett Square to explain probability with Ratios, and Percentages.
1gg GG Gg
Homozygous recessive Homozygous dominant Heterozygous dominant
If you add them up they should = 4 because there are only 4 possibilities
Percentages-
Homozygous recessive Homozygous dominant Heterozygous dominant
25% % %
gg GG Gg
All the percentages added must equal 100%, because there are four boxes each representing 25%

10. Here we use the punnett squares to show what we can see and what is in our genes
What each letter represents G is the dominant allele g is the recessive allele Phenotype is what we would see GG = No Galactosemia gene Gg = No Galactosemia gene but with a carrier gg = Galactosemia gene Genotype is what is in our genes GG is Homozygous dominant (no Galactosemia gene) Gg is Heterozygous dominant (carrier of Galactosemia gene) gg is homozygous recessive (Galactosemia gene)
Father G g Gg gg
Mo t he r
Father G g Gg
Mo t he r

11. Using Punnett Square G g Gg gg Father Phenotype: Ratios: 2 Gg: 2 gg
Percentages: 50% Carrier: 50% Galactosemia G g Gg gg
Mo t he r
Genotype:
Ratios: 0 GG (homozygous dominant) : 2 Gg (heterozygous dominant): 2 gg (homozygous recessive)
Percentages: 0% GG: 50% Gg: 50% gg

12. GG Gg gg G g G g Genotype: Phenotype:
Ratio: 1 Homozygous Dominant: 1 Homozygous Recessive: 2 Heterozygous Dominant
Percentage: 25% Homozygous D.: 25% Homozygous Recessive: 50% Heterozygous Dominant
Phenotype:
Ratio: 1 Galactosemia: 2 Carriers: 1 Non-Galactosemia
Percentage: 25% Galactosemia: 50% Carriers: 25% Non-Galactosemia

13. Pedigree Autosomal Recessive Autosomal recessive X-Linked
All Orange :Person has two bad genes; has Galactosemia gene.
All white: Person may be a carrier of disorder, but is fine.

14. Student Practice Circle: Female Square: Male
All White: Person has a carrier
All Orange: Person has the disease, has two bad genes
II.
III
In generation I can the parents have a child with no bad genes?
In generation II to the right, what is the percentage of a person not getting the Galactosemia gene?
In generation 3 to the left, if one of the males mated with an orange circle would it be possible for their child to not get the Galactosemia gene?