Genetic Definitions Flashcards
1
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Prescence of both normal and mutated mtDNA resulting in variable expression in mitochondrial inherited diseases
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Heteroplasmy
2
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Mutations at different loci can produce a similar phenotype
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Locus heterogeneity
3
Q
Different mutations in the same locus produce the same phenotype
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allelic heterogeneity
4
Q
Presence of genetically distinct cell lines in the same individual
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Mosaicism
5
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One gene contirubtuebs to multiple phenotypic effects
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pleiotropy
