Cher's supposed to third, but really it's only the second blog for the class of April 1, 2010

What We Did Today:
~ Mitosis Quiz
~ Read about abnormal Meiosis (Down Syndrome, Turner Syndrome, Klinefelter Syndrome)
~ Marked Mitosis Quiz

Thoughts About Today:

I thought that today was overall a pretty good class. I thought the quiz was extensive and really helped us students determine whether or not we knew the material, it was not too challenging though. I really liked reading about abnormal meiosis and being able to start to understand why things happen the way they do. It was a pretty slack class since it was the last day before break, but it was really good to go over what we had learned that week in the quiz. Making the quiz and going over the answers also was beneficial because it was fresh in our minds and we could understand our mistakes, etc.

Above And Beyond:

After reading about abnormal meiosis I was curious and wanted to what the chances of that happening was.
The chances of Down Syndrome: 1 in 800-1000 births
info from www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome
The chances of Turner Syndrome: 1 in 2000-2500 births
info from www.labcorp.com/genetics/index.html
The chances of Klinefelter Syndrome: 1 in 750 (male) births
info from www.antenataltesting.info/conditions/klinefelters/klinfelt_faq.html