Background+Info

3. Background Info
The teams have been assembled and you are now ready to proceed. But first you need some general, background information about the Blue People of Kentucky.

First you must visit the location and meet the people. Since Troublesome Creek isn't on Mapquest, you need to find it the old fashioned way and look at a map. A map can be found at Google Maps, looking up "Troublesome Creek, Kentucky."

The blue people are a medical phenomenon. Read about their origins and history in the original article in Science, 82, November 82, by Cathy Trost NEW LINKS http://www.geocities.com/luvacuzn6/BlueFugates.html

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 * Additional resources to help you answer the questions below:**

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980724.html

http://www.nclark.net/BluePeopleofTroublesomeCreek.html

Pedigree list: http://www.nclark.net/BluePeopleLab.html

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1. What are the main family names for the Blue People?

2. Who were the original parents?

3. Who is living today? and Where can they be found?

4. Who are the following people and why are they important to the story of the Blue People of Kentucky? a. Benjy Stacy b. Madison Cawein c. Ruth Pendergrass d. E.M. Scott

5. What was Dr. Cawein's hypothesis about the cause of blueness?

6. How did he test this hypothesis?

7. What did Dr. Cawein’s assay of the blue people’s blood show?

8. Why is methylene blue an antidote for blueness?

9. Where else are blue people found?

10. Why isn’t this condition more well known? Because there is only one family that has blue colored skin. Im sure somewhere in the world there is someone that is

11. What does Benjy Stacy mean when he says, “I’m kin to myself.”

12. What happened to the blueness phenotype when people moved out of Troublesome Creek, Kentucky? Why?

13. What other conditions can cause blueness?

14. Is the trait dominant or recessive?

15. Is the trait linked to any other trait?

16. Why are the blue people important for genetic study? i think that it is important to study because these BLUE people because then we can figure out what has happened to there body and what changed. Than we can try to help and fix there problems and help to prevent more people from becoming blue (unless they still want to become blue)