Some questions I used to start my research were:
• What is Polydactyly?
• What are causes Polydactyly?
• What is chromosome 7’s responsibility?
• How does chromosome 7 cause Polydactyly?
• What types of Polydactyly exist?
• Which gene does Polydactyly affect?
• What is a mutation?
• What types of mutations exist?
• What is a duplication?
• What is the different between postaxial and preaxial Polydactyly?
• What is the different between postaxial type A and type B Polydactyly?
• What is an isolated anomaly?
My process for this assignment was fairly simple. I researched and took notes, making sure to jot down anything that related to my topic. I next read through everything and separated the important information that I thought would help my audience to furthur understand my content from the unimportant facts. I then started to put the information in paragraph form, adding detail and other facts I had remembered reading to tie in the words with fluidity. Finally, I concluded my story and corrected, read over and reviewed my work.
Citations :
• https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/primer/mutationsanddisorders/possiblemutations
• http://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions-and-treatments/conditions/polydactyly-of-fingers/symptoms-and-causes
• https://www.genome.gov/27529688/polydactyly-study-general-information/
• https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003176.htm
• http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/polydactyly
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3088011/
• http://medind.nic.in/jae/t07/i1/jaet07i1p35.pdf
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eDbK0cxKKsk
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MOtRqBs0jxE
• https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xYOK-yzUWSI
When I was researching I tried to use reliable sources. Government websites are always good for me and I can count on them for good facts. I tried not to use websites that were very complex because I wanted to be able to understand what I was reading so that I could incorporate it into my story with my own words. The endings of the sites usually give me the biggest clue as to wether they are useful or not. If it is .com or .ca I usually steer clear just because you can never be too sure with those websites.
I think this assignment was very beneficial to me. I was born with preaxial Polydactyly and doing the research for this project has allowed me to understand my mutation much furthur. I learned that my mutation is not necessarily rare and there are many other people in the world who are born with extra digits. I learned how I could have developed the mutation and now that I understand why I was born this way I feel much better.
I understand mutations and genes much better and now that I have taken the time to research for this project I will feel more at ease during class.
I think my biggest challenge was understanding what I was saying. I had to research everything to make sure I understoood it. That way I would know that my information was correct, made sense and I could put it into my own words.
I think this project took more time than I suspected and I think I could have started may research sooner to have reached better outcomes.