The most common fatal genetic disorder of Caucasians is  

A.  cholera.
B.  cystic fibrosis.
C.  hemophilia.
D.  sickle cell anemia.
E.  muscular dystrophy.


B.  cystic fibrosis.

Biology & Microbiology

You might also like to view...

In this diagram of the life cycle of a fern, which structure, A, B, C, or D, must swim through free water?

1.A 2.B 3.C 4.D

Biology & Microbiology

The gene for Tay-Sachs disease codes for a nonfunctional form of the enzyme hexosaminidase A (or Hex

A). It has been found that a person with only one-third the maximum amount of Hex A can function absolutely normally. Please characterize the heredity of Tay-Sachs disease. A) codominant B) recessive C) dominant D) multiple allelic

Biology & Microbiology

List the 7 major groups of microbes

What will be an ideal response?

Biology & Microbiology

The process of endospore formation is ________, while the process of an endospore growing into a vegetative cell is ________.

A. sporulation; germination B. germination; reproduction C. germination; sporulation D. reproduction; sporulation

Biology & Microbiology