Genetics Flashcards
Mechanism of Prader-Willi
70% deletion of paternal 15q11
25% uniparental disomy chromosome 15 (from mum)
Mechanism of Angelmans
70% deletion maternal 15q12
5-10% UBE3A mutation
5% paternal UPD ch15
What gestation for chorionic villus sampling, and risk of miscarriage?
> 11/40
1-2%
Gestation for amniocentesis and miscarriage risk
> 16/40
0.5-1%
Imprinting means:
Allele from a particular parent is switched off
Trisomy 21 is
Down’s
Trisomy 13 is
Patau
Trisomy 18 is
Edward
First trimester screen includes what tests
bHCG, PAPP-A, nuchal translucency
Trisomies - elevated bHCG and NTS, low PAPP-A
Klinefelters =
Extra X chromosome (47XXY most common), more X’s = worse disease
Central issue in Klinefelters
Androgen deficiency
Disease associations in Klinefelters
VTE, metabolic syndrome, cancer
Cause of DiGeorge syndrome?
Del22q11.2
Manifestations of DiGeorge
CATCH22 Cardiac (TOF/VSD) Abnormal face Thymus hypoplasia (T def) Hypocalc, hypoPTH
Diagnosis of DiGeorge
FISH
Huntington’s disease mode of inheritance
AD
Genetic basis of Huntington’s
CAG trinucleotide repeat disorder
Full penetrance of HD at which number of repeats
40
Juvenile onset HD at which number of repeats
60
HD worse from which parent
Father, instability of CAG triplet in spermatogenesis
Spinocerebellar ataxia mode of inheritance
AD
Age of onset SCA
30-40
How many forms of spinocerebellar ataxia
> 40
Gene implicated in myotonic dystrophy
Dystrophin myotonica protein kinase
Mode of inheritance myotonic dystrophy
AD
Genetic basic of myotonic dystrophy
CTG trinucleotide repeat
Penetrance of myotonic dystrophy
100%