Genetics Flashcards

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What are the 4 genetic principles?

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Pleiotropy
Variable expression
Genome-environment interaction
Genetic heterogeneity

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What is pleiotropy?

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One gene can have multiple effects

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What is variable expression?

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The effect of a gene varies between individuals

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What is genome-environment interaction?

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The effect of a gene depends upon the environment

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What is genetic heterogeneity?

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Several different genes can have the same effect

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Trisomy 21

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  • 47 XX/Y + 21

- characteristic round face, variable intellectual disability, congenital abnormalities of heart, epicanthic folds

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Turner syndrome

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  • 45, X

- female, sterile, short often congenital abnormalities such as web of skin on neck, IQ within normal range

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Klinefelter Syndrome

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  • 47, XXY

- male, sterile, small testes, usually tall due to long limbs, often normal IQ but may be impaired

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Double Y Syndrome

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  • 47, XYY

- usually phenotypically normal male, often taller than average

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Triple X Syndrome

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  • 47 XXX

- usually phenotypically normal female

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Metacentric chromosome

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Have the centromere in the centre, such that both sections are of equal length (1 & 3)

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Submetacentric chromosome

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Have a centromere slightly off centre leading to a slight asymmetry in the length of the two sections (4-12)

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Acrocentric chromosomes

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Have a centromere that is severely offset from the centre leading to one very short and on very long section (13,15,21,22)

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Telocentric chromosomes

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Have the centromere at the very end of the chromosome - not found in humans

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Substitution

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Occurs when one base pair is substituted for another

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Nonsense

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Occurs when one nucleotide is substituted for another and this leads to the formation of a premature stop codon

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Missense mutaion

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Occurs when one nucleotide is substituted for another and this leads to the formation of a codon that codes for a different amino acid

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Synonymous mutaion

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Occurs when a nucleotide is substituted but the same amino acid is produced anyway

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Silent mutation

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Occurs when a nucleotide is substituted, inserted or dell’età and does not have an observable effect of the organisms phenotype

20
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Why do synonymous mutations occur?

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Because multiple codons can code for the same amino acid

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What is insertion?

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Occurs when an extra base pair is added to a sequence of bases

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What is deletion?

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Occurs when a base pair is deleted from a sequence of bases

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What is a frame shift mutation?

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Occurs when a base pair is inserted or deleted which consequently disrupts the triplet reading frame of a DNA sequence

24
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Amniocentesis

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  • 14-20 weeks

- needle used to obtain amniotic fluid that contains cells shed from the baby (contains baby’s DNA)

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Chorionic villus sampling
- 10-12 weeks - sample of chorionic villi cells are collected from the placenta - these are formed when the fertilised egg divides (contain the same DNA as the baby)
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What type of mutation causes cystic fibrosis?
Nonsense
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Phenylketonuria
- missing hydroxylase enzyme: cannot break down phenylalanine - symptoms: mental retardation, increased phenylalanine in the blood, fair skin and hair
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What are inborn errors of metabolism?
Deficiency of an enzyme
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What do inborn errors of metabolism lead to?
Accumulation of a substrate Deficiency of a product Disturbance of related pathways