HEMOPHILIA

Josue Kernizan

Matt Camen-Wijbenga

Matt Brillopad

January 28th , 2010

Period 6/7

SUMMARY OF HEMOPHILIA

Hemophilia is a disorder of your blood-clotting system

Clotting- the process by which your blood changes from a liquid to a solid state this is used to stop bleeding

Painful, lasting headache Repeated vomiting Extreme fatigue Neck pain Double vision Nosebleeds with no obvious cause Tightness in your joints

WHAT CHROMOSOME HEMOPHILIA IS LOCATED ON?

The gene that causes hemophilia A or B is located on the X chromosome

ALLELES

Every gene has two alleles which can be dominant or recessive

Each alleles come from each parent each either providing a dominant or recessive

We represent dominant genes with a RR, Rr. Recessive genes are shown as rr

XH Xh

XH

Y

XHXH XHXh

XHY XHY