Explain the differences between Roberts Syndrome and Phocomelia.

You need to include the following information about the disease- reminder, this is on Phocomelia/ the Thalidomide tragedy

-Causes

-What’s going wrong on the inside of the body at the cellular/ molecular level?

-Which chromosome in particular is impacted?

-Order of events of what’s going wrong on the inside of the body from the mother first taking the pill all the way to birth.

-Is this disease communicable? (can you ‘catch’ it from someone else)

-Is this disease heritable? (can you get it from your parents)

-Is this disease more common in certain areas of the world? If so, which countries, and why?

-Does this affect the life span of the victim?

-Difference between Roberts Syndrome and Phocomelia

-TWO Pictures detailing the process inside the body

Explain the differences between Roberts Syndrome and Phocomelia.
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