Genetic studies Flashcards
Proportion of genetic material monozygotic twins share
100%
Proportion of genetic material dizygotic twins share
50%
Within genetic studies, the target person being studied
Proband
Method of carrying out family studies where the family history is taken from the proband
Family history method
Method of carrying out family studies where the available relatives are directly interviewed to carry out a family history
Family study method
Main disadvantage to family history method for family studies
Many false negatives
Concordance rate among twins which takes the number of concordant pairs out of all participating pairs e.g. if 10 twin pairs are taking part in a study and 3 are concordant while 7 are discordant the concordance rate is 30%
Pairwise concordance rate
Concordance rate among twins which looks at the proportion of proband twins who have a concordant co-twin
Proband concordance rate
Hardy Weinberg equation where p is the frequency of the dominant allele and q is the frequency of the recessive allele
p² + 2pq + q²= 1
MZ concordance for male alcoholism
41%
MZ concordance for female alcoholism
34%
MZ concordance for panic disorder
24%
MZ concordance for bulimia nervosa
23%
MZ concordance for ADHD
58%
MZ concordance for autism
64%
MZ concordance for Tourette’s syndrome
53%
DZ concordance for male alcoholism
22%
DZ concordance for female alcoholism
31%