Autosomal dominant autosomal recessive inheritance

Question 1

What did Gregor Mendel’s pea plants show

Answer 1

Principle of segregation and theory of independent assortment

Question 2

What is the basic unit of heredity

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Gene

Question 3

What are genes made of

Answer 3

DNA

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How many recessive genes do each of us carry for serious genetic conditions

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4-8

Question 5

What is a pedigree

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Representation of a family history in graphic form

Question 6

What does it mean if there is a square or circle with a line through it on a pedigree chart

Answer 6

Person is deceased

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What does a triangle mean on a pedigree chart

Answer 7

Abortion

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What do brackets mean on a pedigree chart

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Adoption

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What does a bracket with a straight line indicate on a pedigree chart

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The baby was adopted out meaning somebody else is raising them

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What do brackets with a dashed line on a pedigree chart indicate

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Baby is not biological and was adopted in

Question 11

Principle of segregation?

Answer 11

Says that genes occur in pairs and only one gene is transmitted to offspring from each parent. Traits are not blended. Only one trait is expressed

Question 12

What is the principle of independent assortment say

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Genes at different loci are transmitted independently

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If a trait is autosomal dominant can unaffected family members pass on the gene

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No

Question 14

Does every affected person have an affected parent in autosomal dominant

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Yes

Question 15

Is there a male to male transmission in autosomal dominant traits

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Yes.

Question 16

Is postaxial polydactyly autosomal dominant or recessive

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Dominant

Question 17

What type of Disorder is usually only found in siblings like a horizontal pattern

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Autosomal recessive

Question 18

What type of disorder is albinism

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Autosomal recessive

Question 19

What type of disorder is phenylketonuria (PKU)

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Autosomal recessive

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What is phenylketonuria (PKU)

Answer 20

Individual cannot metabolize the amino acid phenylalanine

Question 21

What type of disorder is cystic fibrosis

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Autosomal recessive

Question 22

What does cystic fibrosis affect

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Chloride ion transport across cell membrane’s meeting to mucus buildup

Question 23

What is quasidominant inheritance

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When a person with an autosomal recessive disorder mates with a person who is a carrier for the same disorder

Question 24

If someone who has one BRCA2 mutation what condition do they have

Answer 24

Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer syndrome (HBOC) Which increases their risk for breast, ovarian, and pancreatic cancer’s in adulthood

Question 25

If someone has tow BRCA2 mutation what condition do they have

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Fanconi anemia (FA)

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What are the physical abnormalities of Fanconi anemia

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Short stature, abnormal skin pigmentation, bone malformations

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What are some other clinical manifestations of someone with fanconi anemia

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Progressive Bone marrow failure and solid tumors

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What is the protein like if someone is recessive for Familial isolated growth hormone deficiency

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No protein is synthesized

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What is the protein like if someone is dominant for Familial isolated growth hormone deficiency

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An abnormal proteins synthesized ans blocks the function of the normal protein

Question 30

What are those Who are heterozygous for sickle cell trait at an increased risk for

Answer 30

Splenic infarctions at a high altitude

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What is a de novo mutation

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When neither parent is affected And one of the genes transmitted by a parent underwent a change in the DNA sequence

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What disorders are more prone to de novo mutations

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Neurofibromastosis type 1, achondroplasia, familial adenomatous polyposis

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What disorder are more prone to germline mosaicism

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Osteogenesis imperfecta, achondroplasia, duchenne muscular dystrophy, hemophilia a

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What is Germline mosaicism

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When the mutation is present in a portion of the parents germline but not in other cells so they are unaffected

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What is retinoblastoma

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Childhood Eye tumor typically presenting at three months to four years

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How is retinoblastoma typically transmitted

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Most are somatic mutations in early development and are not inherited

Question 37

What is the most common cause of death in Huntington disease

Answer 37

Aspiration pneumonia followed by cardiorespiratory failure and subdural hematoma

Question 38

What type of disorder is Huntington’s disease

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Autosomal dominant and triplet repeat

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What is penetrance

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All or none; one has the disease or does not

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What is expression

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Degree of severity of the disease phenotype. May only have 2/7 symptoms

Question 41

Clinical manifestations of neurofibromatosis type one (NF-1)

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Six or more café au lait macules
2 or more neurofibromas
Axillary or groin freckling
Osseous lesion such as pseudosrthritis
Optic glioma
Two or more iris lisch nodules
First-degree affected relative

Question 42

Allelic heterogeneity

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Different types of mutations in the same gene can lead to different phenotypes or different disease severity

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What are modifier loci

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Genes that interact with each other to modify phenotype

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What factors affect gene expression

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Environmental factors, modifier loci, allelic heterogeneity

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What is locus heterogeneity

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Mutations in multiple genes can result in similar phenotypes

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Give me some examples of locus heterogeneity

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Lynch syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease

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Pleiotrophy?

Answer 47

Genes that affect multiple parts of the body

Question 48

Give it example of a disease that is pleiotrophic

Answer 48

Marfan syndrome