9-Human Genetics -The Patient Perspective Flashcards
1
Q
What is the founder effect?
A
Starts from small amount of people - the gene will be much higher in the population
2
Q
What is mosicism?
A
An individual or a tissue may contain a different number of populations of cells with different numbers of chromosomes
3
Q
What is the principle of microarrays?
A
Each spot correspnds to a specific mapped region of the genome or gene
Allows very high resolution genomic mapping for duplications & deletions - too small to see down the microscope
