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    understand facial expressions and over peoples emotions. They may also struggle to show their feelings. Downsyndrome affects a childs behaviour because they are so childlike‚ this can affect their characteristics. Dwarfism- A child’s physical development will be affected if they have dwarfism. This is because they can’t function as

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    Achondroplasia Essay

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    Achondroplasia is best described as short-limbed dwarfism. This means that certain parts of the body are average sized‚ like the sternum‚ while others such as the legs are smaller than average. During early fetal development‚ cartilage is developed as the skeleton is. However‚ people born with Achondroplasia were unable to have their cartilage develop into bone before birth. The average heights for both males and females are under 4 feet 6 inches. However‚ people born with this disorder are usually

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    Exam 3 Review Sheet Genetics terms: phenotype‚ genotype‚ allele‚ dominant‚ recessive‚ homozygous‚ heterozygous‚ multiple alleles‚ codominance Phenotype: physical appearance Genotype: genetic composition Allele: alternate form of a gene Dominant: trait that will be expressed Recessive: trait that will be masked by dominant trait Homozygous: both alleles are the same Heterozygous: the alleles are different Multiple Alleles: Codominance: Sex determination – all possibilities Xyy: Xxy

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    Orphan Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra I. Summary The story of the movie entitled “ORPHAN” is all about a 33 year old woman who has a condition called Hypopituitarism‚ which is a condition that stunned her physical appearance that made her‚ looked like a 9 year old girl. The story begins when Kate Coleman lose her third child‚ she was so depressed because of what happened to her child. Kate and John decided to adopt a child from an orphanage; they chose a 9 year old girl named Esther because

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    which helps people with dwarfism‚ to get it to a point where he can make a significant amount of money from it. He started the business with the hope of just making extra side money not knowing where it would take him‚ but it grew to a point where‚ as we saw in class‚ he was sponsored by a large company (Little People‚ Big World). Society can learn from Matt that even just a simple idea can grow into something significant if you just work with it. Furthermore‚ Matt has dwarfism‚ and not only has it

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    Feral Children

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    appears to be suffering from psychosocial dwarfism. Police are currently deciding whether or not is appropriate to prosecute the mother for neglect. The Jacksonville Boy is the second and last feral child that I’m going to discuss. One boy of 17 gave the greatest cause for concern. He was found wearing a nappy and appeared to be very developmentally delayed. According to a evaluation at the children’s Crisis Centre‚ he was suffering from psychosocial dwarfism and starvation. He was estimated to be

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    the size of the entire skeleton was due to insular dwarfism‚ a phenomenon in which species living on islands are smaller than species living on large continents; 2) the size of the cranium and brain is due to a pathological disorder‚ such as microcephaly‚ a disorder stemming from incomplete brain development. The evidence surrounding the theory of insular dwarfism include a study of extinct Malagasy dwarf hippos‚ which proved that insular dwarfism can result in a brain size smaller than that projected

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    Botany online 1996-2004. No further update‚ only historical document of botanical science! Gibberellins In 1926 studied the Japanese E. KUROSAWA a rice disease that is known as the ‘foolish seedling’-disease in Japan. The plants grow extremely fast‚ look spindly and pale and break off easily. KUROSAWA detected that the reason for this abnormal growth is a substance that is secreted by a parasitic fungi (Fusarium moniliforme = Gibberella fujikuroi). It was termed gibberellin. During the thirties

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    The problem is that every society must distribute a finite sum of resources in discord with endless demands. All-inclusive health systems‚ at times‚ need long waitlist that emanates from large demands. Often‚ care is said to be ’rationed.’ Knowing that all systems face an overwhelming need for care‚ it is no surprise that capitalist systems of medicine must too ’ration’ care (Oliver 518). The chief distinction between these competing system being how they ration care. A quasi-market system allows

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    Achondroplasia

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    Achondroplasia Achondroplasia is a genetic disorder effecting bone growth. It is the most common form of short stature. The disorder causes your limbs to be disproportionately short. Achondroplasia can sometimes affect the brain and spinal cord if complications occur. Achondroplasia is inherited as a dominant trait but Achondroplasia is inherited in an autosomal pattern and is a dominant trait‚ but 80% of people with this disorder is only on account of abnormal growth of the limbs. Meaning neither

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