Over 1,800 mutations have been described within the CFTR gene. These mutations can be readily detected using PCR and DNA sequencing technologies. Prenatal genetic testing is available to identify 'carriers', and thus detect the risk of CFTR-related disorders.

If a pregnant mother was tested and tested negative for any known disease-causing CFTR mutations, can it be assumed that the child born will be wild-type with respect to the CFTRphenotype? Explain.

a. No. If the father is a carrier and passes along a mutant allele to the child, the child will develop cystic fibrosis.
b. It depends on the genotype of the father.
c. Yes. Since this is a recessive disorder, even if the father is a carrier, the mother will contribute a wt allele, ensuring the child is wt.

the oxygenated blood then leaves the lungs through pulmonary veins, which return it to the left heart, completing the pulmonary cycle. this blood then enters the left atrium, which pumps it through the mitral valve into the left ventricle. from the left ventricle, the blood passes through the aortic valve to the aorta.

deoxygenated blood leaves through the right ventricle through the pulmonary artery. from the right atrium, the blood is pumped through the tricuspid valve (or right atrioventricular valve), into the right ventricle.

the answer is z.

the human body has five levels of organization. level 1: cells. cells are the basic units of life and form the first level of organization. cells in the human body have specific functions. examples include nerve cells, blood cells, liver cells, and so on.