Chromosomes and monogene inheritance Flashcards
monogenic
Mutation in one gene
Balanced abnormality
structural rearrangements of genetic material with no overall gain or loss detected with conventional karyotyping
Q-Banding
Chromosomes are staindes with flourescent dye, which binds to AT-rich DNA
G-banding
Chromosomes are subject to controlled digestion with trypsin and stained with giemsa stain (creates dark and “white” bands.
R-Banding
The chromosomes are heat-denatured in saline before being stained giemsa (reverse coloring from G-banding)
C-Banding
The chromosomes are denatured with a saturated solution of barium hydroxide before giemsa staining
Karyotype
an individual’s complete set of chromosomes.
Comparative genomic hybridization
a molecular cytogenetic method for analysing copy number variations (CNVs) relative to ploidy level in the DNA and refrence DNA.
autozygosity
term used to denote alleles or chromosomal segments of DNA that are identical (homozygous by descent)
Polyploid
Euploidy
Aneuploidy
nondisjunction
Paired chromosomes fail to seperate during anaphase of meiosis I
Monosomic
one pair of chromosomes
Trisomic
aneuploids, carrying an extra chromosome to the normal somatic complement
Robertsonian translocation
Loss of P-arm the chromosomes 13, 14, 15, 21 and 22 are robertsonian chromosomes (short P-arm)
- Segregation of robertsonian translocation can lead to trisomy, monosomy, carrier and normal.
Chromothripsis
is a mutational phenomenon characterized by massive, clustered genomic rearrangements that occurs in cancer and other cases non-cancer cells
Unbalanced abnormality
structural rearrangements of genetic material with overall gain or loss detected with conventional karyotyping