Visit the website below to learn more about the human chromosomes. Look at the karyotype, and choose chromosomes to click on and explore further. After exploring, click on chromosomes 11 and 17 to answer the following questions.

Chromosome Map

Chromosome 11 is made of over million base pairs.

Approximately how many genes are found on chromosome 11?

List the genetic disorders found on chromosome 11.

What do you know about any of those disorders?

By using the ncbi website, you can click on the chromossome 11 (at left side of the screen). It will say that it has 2000 genes, and after that it shows the cromossome and the diseases associated with it, which are: harvay ras oncogene, diabetes, long QT syndrome, best disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia, ataxia talangiectasia.

For example, diabetes is when the insulin production is very little or non existing. Since the insulin allows the glucose to enter the cells, and in diabetes this hormone practically doesn't exist, the glucose will accumulate in the blood, causing hyperglycemia.

it is ... 2000 genes,