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what are genes on the same chromosome called?

A

syntenic genes

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what can be quantified to map the positions of genes on chromosomes?

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genetic linkage

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what produced recombinant chromosomes?

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when the alleles of syntenic genes can be reshuffled & crossing over occurs between them

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what are chromosomes called that do not reshuffle alleles called?

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parental chromosomes or non-recombinant chromosomes

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what plots the position of genes on a chromosome

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genetic linkage mapping

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when does independent assortment of syntenic genes occur?

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when they are far part on a chromosome

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syntenic genes that are closer together will tend to ______ together

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segregate

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what occurs in prophase of meiosis 1?

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crossing over that prevents linked genes from segregating together

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9
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linked genes are always syntenic to one another & always located near one another. T or F

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True

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what does genetic linkage lead to?

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the production of significantly more gametes with parental allele combinations than nonparental combinations

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T or F: If genes are linked, parental allele combinations will be observed at higher frequency than predicted by chance

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True

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12
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complete genetic linkage is observed…

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when no crossing over occurs between linked genes, only parental gametes are formed

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what is an example of an organism that exhibits complete linkage?

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drosophila males
-they have no crossing over
-biological bases for this is unkown

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14
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which is more common, incomplete linkage or complete linkage?

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incomplete genetic linkage

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15
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what is recombination frequency?

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a likely reflection of the physical distance between two genes

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what type of test did morgan realize that the linkage of autosomal genes in Drosophila could be determined in?

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two-point test-cross analysis

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what type of relationship is genetic linkage?

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a physical relationship among genes located near one another on a chromosome

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18
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what is crossover accompanied by?

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chromosome breakage & rejoining in plants & animals

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19
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who was the first to demonstrate that genes are on chromosomes?

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morgan

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who created the genetic map for the five X-linked genes in drosophila?

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Alfred Sturvant

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what is a map unit (m.u), also called?

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centiMorgan (cM)

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22
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where does recombination primarily occur?

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at specific hotspots

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23
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what happened in mis-1980s

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methods to identify polymorphic DNA sequences & improved-gene mapping software facilitated genome mapping efforts

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what are the polymorphic DNA sequences called?

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genetic markers

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what lead to linkage groups?

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the availibility of large numbers of DNA markers on each chromosome

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what are linkage groups

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clusters of syntenic genes that are linked to one another

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27
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where are genetic markers typically

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in noncoding regions of the genome

28
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genetic markers include

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-variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs)
-single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)
-restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs)

29
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how long are VNTRs?

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they are short- 3-20 bp

30
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VNTRs

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-sequences repeat end-to-end in a chromosomal region
-different chromosomes can carry different repeat numbers of the sequence
-repeat length can vary

31
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how big are SNPs?

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1 bp

32
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SNPs

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-more commonly used markers than VNTRPs
-involve variants where one base pair is substituted by another base pair, typically in a noncoding region

33
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how many SNPs are there in the human genome?

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3.3 million

34
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which marker is more common, VNTRs or SNPs?

A

-SNPs

35
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RFLPs

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-changes in DNA sequence that are detected using DNA-cutting enzymes called restriction endonucleases (restriction enzyme)
-the restriction enzymes recognize & cut specific sequences of DNA
-peices of DNA resulting from restriction enzyme cutting are called restriction fragments

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what are the pieces of DNA resulting from restriction enzyme cutting called?

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restriction fragments

37
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what is a haplotype?

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-specific array of SNPs in a small region on a single chromosome
-they are closely linked variants & will tend to be passed on together during meisois

38
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when will haplotype SNPs be passed on?

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these specific arrays of SNPs will be passed on together during meiosis

39
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what may haplotypes differ between?

A

members of a chromosome pair

40
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what is the first obstacle when happing human genes?

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the difficulty in determining the allelic phase

41
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what is the allelic phase

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the arrangement of alleles of linked genes on parental chromosomes

42
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when can allelic phase be determined?

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when a disease-causing allele is seen to segregate along with a known genetic marker

43
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what does LOD score analysis do

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compared the likelihood of obtaining the genotypes & phenotypes observed in the pedigree if two genes are linked versus the likelihood if they are unlinked

44
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what does LOD stand for?

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the logarithm of the odds ratio

45
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what does the LOD score determine

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the likelihood of linkage for many recombinant frequencies, called theta values

46
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if theta equals 0 LOD score

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complete linkage

47
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if theta equals 0.5

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not linked = independent assortment

48
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if theta equals 0.1, how many map units is that?

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10 m.u.

49
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what does a LOD score of 3.0 or higher mean?

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significant evidence in favor of linkage at the theta value

50
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what does a LOD score of less than -2.0 mean

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significant evidence against genetic linkage

51
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LOD scores between 3.0 & -2.0 are what

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inconclusive

52
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what does the Zmax value indicate?

A

the recombination frequency most likley to be correct

53
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what allows identification of the most likely recombination distance between genes?

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the LOD score

54
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what does Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) do?

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-it detects & located genes that influence traits as a group of multiple genes
-the influenced genes may be scattered through the genome
-identifies where in the genome the genes influencing a single trait are located

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what does GWAS look for?

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-associtation between traits & groups of alleles in populations

56
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why are SNPs typical genetic markers used in GWAS and what type of SNPs does GWAS use?

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due to their frequent distribution in most genomes
-uses closely linked SNPs in haplotype groups with known chromosome locations

57
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what are GWAS results represented in the form of?

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a Manhattan Plot

58
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what does the manhattan plot indicate?

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the locations of genes contributing to the development of traits & conditions

59
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reading a manhattan plot

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-the higher the green bar, the stronger the association between a potential contributing gene & a chromosomal location

60
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disequilibrium

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nonrandom distribution of alleles for linked genes

61
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linkage disequilibrium

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when frequencies of haplotypes in a population deviate significantly from what is expected

62
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what does linkage disequlibrium reflect?

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the NON-RANDOM relationship between alleles of closely linked genes
-means the gene are are studying is closely associated to the SNP haplotype

63
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how can linkage disequilibrium be separated?

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by crossovers which are random & infrequent

64
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what must be identified if linkage disequilibrium is found in a SNP haplotype?

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all genes located in that chromosome region
-then activites associated with the identified genes are then identified to determine if their action may contribute to the condition

65
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what gene was suggested to be associated to Crohn’s disease based of GWAS results?

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CARD15 (recently named NOD2 gene)