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Who do x linked disorder occur most severe in

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Males

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What type of disorder is duchenne muscular dystrophy? Why type of abnormality is it?

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X linked, out of frame deletion so dystrophin is not functional

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What type of disorder is Becker muscular dystrophy? Why type of abnormality is it?

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X linked, in frame deletion

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What is an out of a frame mutation

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Deleted message does not fit together

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What is an in frame mutation

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Deleted message fits together

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What type of disorder is hemophilia?

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X linked

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What happens in hemophilia

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Clotting doesn’t happen as it should. Missing factor eight? A missing factor nine? B

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What is Becker muscular dystrophy

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Allelic form, less severe, occurs later in life

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Clinical manifestations of duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Passed away from heart and lung complications, need wheelchair by age 13, males show weakness early on, difficulty getting off the floor, calf hypertrophy

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What type of disorder is menkes syndrome/ kinky hair syndrome

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X linked

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Clinical features of menkes syndrome/kinky hair syndrome

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Abnormal/sparse kinky hair, hypotonic, seizures, failure to thrive, motor loss, usually die by age 3 but those who survive are disabled

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Mike menkes?

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Some function of the protein still there so clinical manifestations are not as severe

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What happens to males in menkes syndrome/kinky hair syndrome

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They do not reproduce

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What is haldanes syndrome in kinky hair syndrome?

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Affected males do not reproduce but disease incidence stays the same every year. This means that 1/3 of cases each year are new mutations

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In what disorder is there a copper transport ATPase error leading to low copper and ceruloplasmin

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Menkes disorder

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Who is most affected in X-linked recessive disorders where the mother is the carrier

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Males because they only have one copy of the X. Daughters can only be carriers

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How are daughters affected in excellent recessive disorder’s where the father is affected? Sons?

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all daughters are carriers and all sons are unaffected

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Is there male to male transmission in X-linked recessive disorders?

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No

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As is there make to make transmission in x linked dominant disorders

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No

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Where is there vertical transmission?

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X linked dominant disorders

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What happens if males are affected in x linked dominant disorders

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Males are not affected bc you get a miscarriage

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What type of disorder is hypophosphatemic rickets

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X linked dominant male lethal

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Clinical manifestations of hypophosphatemic rickets

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Bowing of lower extremities

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Clinical manifestations of aicardi syndrome

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agenesis of corpus callosum, distinctive chorioretinal lacunae (lakes in retina)

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Type of disorder of aicardi syndrome

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X linked dominant male lethal

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Clinical manifestations of incontinentia pigmenti

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Affects hair skin nails teeth (ectoderm) , seizures, cognitive delay, retinal detachment

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Type of disorder of incontinentia pigmenti

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X linked dominant male lethal

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28
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What disorder has 4 stages

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Incontinentia pigmenti

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4 stages of incontinentia pigmenti

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Blistering
Wart like rashes
Swirling, macular, hyperpigmentation
Lines of lashko, linear hypopigmentation, mimic Christmas tree

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Type of disorder of rett syndrome

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X linked dominant male lethal

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Clinical manifestations of Rett syndrome

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Microencephalopathy, regression, seizures, hand wringing

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What happens with the transmission in y linked disorders

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Male fathers pass to all sons

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33
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What are sex limited disorders

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Disorders where it will only affect one sex such as breast cancer

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34
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What are sex influence disorders

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Disorders where both sexes can have the disorder but will express it in different ways such as pattern baldness

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Who passes mitochondrial inheritance on

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Females only

36
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is there a high mutation rate in mitochondrial inheritance

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Yes because there is no repair mechanism

37
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What is heteroplasmy

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Some mitochondria I have mutations in some don’t. May not reach threshold so some people are asymptomatic

38
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What is Homoplasmy

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Mutations in all mitochondria so high likelihood of symptoms

39
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What does MELAS stand for

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Mitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke like episode

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Symptoms of MELAS?

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Seizures, headaches, vomiting, 2 to 10 years old

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What type of disorder is MELAS

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Mitochondrial inheritance

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What type of disorder is MERRF

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Mitochondrial inheritance that is heteroplasmy

43
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What does MERRF stand for

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Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers

44
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What type of mutation is MERRF?

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Point mutation

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Clinical manifestations of MERRF

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Ataxia, dementia

46
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What type of disorder is LHON

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Mitochondrial inheritance

47
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What does LHON stand for

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

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Clinical manifestations of LHON

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Sudden blurred vision in adulthood beginning with one eye

49
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What type of mutation is LHON

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3 Point mutations all with different penetrancd

50
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Are more males or females affected in LHON

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Males

51
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What is penetrance

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Either have the symptoms or don’t; 100% means you have all the symptoms

52
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What is variable expressitivity

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Severity of symptoms

53
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What is vertical transmission

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Inheritance is in every generation

54
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If there is vertical transmission what type of disorder is it? What if there is no vertical transmission?

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Yes- dominant

No- recessive

55
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If there is only male to male transmission what type of disorder is it? What if it’s not?

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Yes- y linked

No- not y linked

56
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What type of disorder is it if only one sex is affected? What if not?

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Yes- x linked

No- autosomal

57
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What if affected mothers have unaffected kids?

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Yes- not mitochondria

No- mitochondrial

58
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Epigenetic factors?

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methylation; some genes on at certain times and some off

59
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Are there mutations at the nucleotide level in epigenetic factors

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No

60
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What type of disorder is Prader willi syndrome PWS

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Genomic imprinting; deletion of paternal 15 q

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What disorder has early feeding problems then hyperphagia

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PWS

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Clinical manifestations of PWS

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Short, intellectual disability, behavioral problems, hypogonadism

63
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MC genetic causes obesity?

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PWS

64
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What disorder is also called happy puppet

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Angelman syndrome (AS)

65
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Clinical manifestations of AS

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Small head, arm flapping, ataxia, inappropriate laughter, no speech, intellectual disability

66
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What type of disorder is Angelman syndrome

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Genomic imprinting 15 q deletion of maternal

67
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What is the chromosome difference in Beckwith Weidman syndrome (BWS)

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P 11 methylation defect

68
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Clinical manifestations of beckwith Weidman syndrome (BWS)

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Overgrowth, enlarged tongue, body, and organs , body asymmetry, abdominal wall defects, hemangiomas, earlobe crease

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What are the clinical manifestations of Russell silver syndrome (RSS)

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Undergrowth, intrauterine growth, retardation, triangular faces, finger clinidactyly, abnormal sweating, body asymmetry

70
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Dynamic mutations?

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Repeat become unstable after certain number of repeats

71
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Anticipations?

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Larger repeats so symptoms are early onset and more severe

72
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Premutations?

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Repeat size length are more than normal but they have less than the disease state

73
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What type of disorder is myotonic dystrophy

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Autosomal dominant, triplet repeat disorder

74
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What type of disorder is congenital myotonic dystrophy

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Autosomal dominant, triplet repeat disorder with more expansions than myotonic alone

75
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What type of disorder is Huntington disease

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Autosomal dominant, Triple repeat of CAG

76
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Clinical manifestations of myotonic dystrophy

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Myotonia, Face muscle atrophy and weakness, cataracts, heart condition, low IQ

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What is myotonia

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Can’t release grip

78
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Clinical manifestations of congenital myotonic dystrophy

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Severe hypotonia, failure to thrive, intellectual disability

79
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Clinical manifestations of Huntington disease

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Decreased motor control, drunk movements, changing mood, memory trouble

80
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What type of disorder is fragile X syndrome

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X linked, trinucleotide repeat of FMR1 gene

81
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What do the symptoms vary based on in fragile X syndrome

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Number of repeats like pre-mutation or full mutation

82
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Who is fragile X more common in males or females?

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Females

83
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What is the most common inherited form of intellectual disability

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Fragile X syndrome

84
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Clinical manifestations of fragile X syndrome

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Long face, protruding ears, autistic behavior, intellectual disability

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What causes Russell silver syndrome (RSS)

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Most ppl have 11P15.5 methylation defects, others have a maternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 7, the rest is unknown

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