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What is the term codominance?

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It meas that both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the heterozygote

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What are the examples of codominance?

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Blood groups: A, B, AB

HLA groups

Alpha 1 anti trypsin

M allele: normal
Z allele: severely reduced
S: moderately reduced

Combo: MM: normal, ZZ: severely reduced, other combos make varying degrees

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What is term variable expressivity?

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Same genotype: varying phenotypes

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What is the example of variable expressivity?

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NF1

2 patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 may have varying disease severity

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What is term incomplete penetrance?

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Not all individuals with the mutant genotype: show the mutant phenotype

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How to calculate incomplete penetrance?

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% penetrance x probability of inheriting genotype= risk of expressing phenotype

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What does 100% penetrance means?

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That all the individuals express the phenotype with the mutant gene

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What is the example of incomplete penetrance?

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BRCA1 gene mutations do not always result in breast or ovarian cancer

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What is the term pleiotropy?

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One gene= multiple phenotypic effects

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What is the example of pleiotropy?

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Untreated PKU: light skin, intellectual disability, musty body odor

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What is the term anticipation?

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Increased severity or earlier onset of disease in suceeding generations

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What is the example of anticipation?

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huntington disease (trinucleotide repeat expansion)

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13
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What is loss of heterozygosity?

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If a patient inherits or develops a mutated tumor supressor gene, the complementary allele must be mutated in order for cancer to develop

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14
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What is not true of oncogenes?

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Loss of heterozygosity

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What is the example of loss of heterozygosity?

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Retinoblastoma

Hereditary form: Germ line mutation, passed down to offspring (one hit), somatic mutation in second copy
(Second hit)——-> multiple tumors, tumors at younger age

Two hit theory

Sporadic form: requires two somatic hits. And possibility of acquiring mutation in both alleles is rare———> single tumors, tumors at later stage

HNPCC, Li- Fraumeni syndrome

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What is the term dominant negative mutation?

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A heterozygote produces a nonfunctional altered protein that also prevents the normal gene product from functioning

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17
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What is the example of dominant negative mutation?

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Mutation in transcription factor, nonfuntioning mutant can still bind to dna and prevent the wild type transcription factor from binding

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What is the term linkage disequilibrium?

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Tendency for certain alleles at 2 linked loci to occur together more or less often than expected by chance

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Is linkage disequilibrium measured in families or populations?

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Population, varies in different populations

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What is mosaicism?

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It is the presence of genetically distint cell lines in the same individual

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Somatic mutation is the mutation that arises from ____________ and propagates through___________

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Mitotic errors after fertilisation

Multiple tissues or organs

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Gonadal mosaicism is the mutation that only occurs in ________

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Eggs or sperm cells

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23
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If the parent does not have the disease, we can suspect?

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Gonadal mosaicism

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What is the example of mosaicism?

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Mc cune albright syndrome

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25
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McCune albright mutation is a mutation affecting_______

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G protein signalling

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McCune Albright syndrome patients have unilateral ________ and

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Cafe au lait spots with ragged edges

Polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (bone is replaced by collagen and fibroblasts

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What kind of endocrinopathy do patients with McCune Albright patients present with?

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Precocious puberty

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28
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McCune Albright syndrome is lethal if mutation ________

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Occurs before fertilisation, affects every cell. But survivable in patients with mosaicism

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29
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Locus heterogeneity is mutation at ________ and can produce a ________ phenotype

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Different loci, similar

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Allelic heterogeneity is mutation at ________ and can produce a ________ phenotype

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In the same loci, same

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31
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Example of locus heterogeneity is?

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Albinism

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32
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Example of allelic heterogeneity is?

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Cystic fibrosis and b thalessemia

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33
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Heteroplasmy is presence of both mutated and normal _______, resulting in ________

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Mtdsna

Variable expression in mitochrondrially inherited disease

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34
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Mtsdna is passed from?

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Mother to all children

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Uniparental disomy means offspring recieves ______ of chromosomes from _______ parent

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2 copies of chromosomes

1 single parent

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36
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Heterodisomy results from

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Meiotic error 1

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37
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Isodisomy results from?

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Meiotic error 2

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38
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Uniparental is________

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Euploid meaning correct number of chromosomes

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39
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Most occurences of uniparent disomy results in ________

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Normal phenotype

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40
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Consider uniparental disomy in an individual manifesting a ________ disorder and only ________ is a _______

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Recessive

1

Carrier

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41
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Examples of isoparental disomy are?

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Prader willi, and angel man syndromes

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42
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Hardy weinberg is only applicable to a population if

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No mutation occuring in the same locus

Large population

No intermixing

Natural selection is not occuring

No net migration

Natural Net intermixes with Large Mutation

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Imprinting is _______ copy is _________ and only the copy __________

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One
Silenced by methylation
Expressed

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44
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Imprinting has what origin?

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Parent of origin effects

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45
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In prader willi syndrome _________ are silenced (imprinted). Disease occurs when the _______ allele is ________

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Maternally derived genes

Paternal allele is deleted

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46
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Prader willi is associated with the mutation or deletion of ______ of _____origin?

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15 chromosome

Paternal

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47
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How many number of cases are due to maternal uniparental disosmy (maternal non disjunction) in __________

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25%

Prader willi

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48
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Prader willi is associated with _______

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Hyperphagia
Obesity 
Intellectual disability 
Hypogonadism 
Hypotonia
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In AngelMan syndrome, the _________ is silenced and the _______ is deleted

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Paternally derived UBE3A gene is silenced

Maternal allele is deleted or mutated

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50
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AngelMan syndrome is associated with mutation or deletion of _______ on the ________copy of chromosome_______

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Ube3A
Maternal
15

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How many number of cases are due to paternal uniparental disosmy (parental non disjunction) in __________

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5%

AngelMan syndrome

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What are the symptoms of AngelMan syndrome?

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Inappropriate laughter (happy puppet) and seizures

Ataxia, and severe intellectual disability

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53
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What are the five modes of inheritance?

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Autosomal dom, Autosomal rec
X linked dom, X linked rec
Mitochondrial

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54
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Autosomal dominant is due to __________ genes

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Defects in structural

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55
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Is there skipping in dominant disorders?

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No

56
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Are females affected in dominant disorders or males?

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Both

57
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Is there male to male transmission in autosomal disorders?

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Yes

58
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Which disorders are often pleiotropic and variably expressive between individuals?

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Autosomal dominant

59
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What is crucial to aut dom disorders?

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Family history

60
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One affected heterozygous parent, has on average how many affected children in autosomal dominant disorders?

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1/2

    a      a

A Aa Aa

a aa. aa

61
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Autosomal recessive disorders are due to ________

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Enzyme def

62
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Is there skipping in autosomal recessive disorders?

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Yes

63
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With 2 carrier parents, how many children will be affected, carriers, and non affected

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1/4
1/2
1/4

64
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Which is more severe, aut dom or aut recessive?

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Aut rec

65
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Patients with _________ often present with symptoms in childhood

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Aut rec

66
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In X linked recessive, sons of heterozygous mothers have _______ of being affected?

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50 %
X Y
Xn Xn X XnY

X X X X Y

67
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Is there male to male transmission in x linked disorders?

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No

68
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X linked recessive is more common in males or females?

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Males

69
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Females in X linked recessive must be _________ to be affected?

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Homozygous

70
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In X linked dominant, it is transmitted through ________ parent?

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Both parents

71
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In x linked dominant, daughters and sons of heterozygous mothers have ______ of being affected?

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50 %
X Y
Xn Xn X XnY

X X X X Y

72
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In which disorder do all fathers transmit the genes to all his daughters

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X linked dominant

73
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What is the example of x linked dominant disorder?

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Hypophosphatemic defect

74
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In vitamic D resistant, ________ in phosphate wasting, at _________ tubule

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Increased

Proximal

75
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Vitamin d resistant disorder results in which type of presentation?

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Rickets like

76
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Other examples of x linked dominant disorders are?

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Fragile x and alport syndrome

77
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In mitochondrial inheritance, only _______ transmits the disease?

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Mother

78
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Can all affected offspring show signs of disease in mitochondrial inherited disorder?

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Yes

79
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Why is there variable expression in a population or even within a family in mitochondrial inheritance?

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Heteroplasmy

80
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In mitochondrial myopathies, rare disorders, patients often present with __________

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Myopathy
Lactic acidosis
Cns disease

81
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What is MELAS syndrome?

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Mitochondrial encephalopathy
Lactic acidosis
Stroke like episodes secondary to failure in oxidative phosphorylation

82
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In MELAS syndrome, what does biopsy often shows?

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Ragged red fibres, due to decreased mitochondria

83
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What is example of mitochondrial inherited disease

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

84
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In Leber hereditary optic neuropathy __________ in optic nerve nuerons, there is permanent ___________ in teens/young adults

A

Cell death

Subacute bilateral vision loss

85
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In Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, how many males are affected?

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90%

86
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Fragile X syndrome is what type of disorder?

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X linked dominant

87
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In fragile X linked, there is __________ of ___________, which leads to __________ and ________ expression

A

Trinucleotide repeat, FMR1, hypermethylation, decreased

88
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Trinucleotide expansions occur due to __________

A

Slipped strand mispairing

89
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It is the most common cause of ___________ and second most common cause of _________ after down syndrome

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Inherited intellectual disability, genetically associated mental deficiency after Down Syndrome

90
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What are the findings of Fragile X syndrome?

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Post pubertal macroorchidism (enlarged testes), long face with large jaw and everted ears, autism, mitral valve prolapse

91
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Trinucleotide repeat expansions (CGG)n occurs in?

A

Oogensis

92
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What are the examples of trinucleotide repeat expansions?

A

Try hunting for my fragile cage free eggs

Trinucleotide huntington disease, myotonic dystrophy, fragile x syndrome, and Friedreich ataxia

93
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Trinucleotide repeat expansion diseases show genetic anticipation which means?

A

Severity increases, with the increased age of onset, and decreased sucessive generations

94
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Hungtington disease

Trinucleotide repeat (________)

Mode of inheritance (______)

Mnemonic ……

A

CAG

AD

C: caudate

A: decreased Ach

G: Gaba

95
Q

Myotonic dystrophy

Trinucleotide repeat (________)

Mode of inheritance (______)

Mnemonic ……

A

(CTG)n

AD

C: cataracts

T: toupee (early balding in men)

G: gonadal atrophy

96
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Fragile X syndrome

Trinucleotide repeat (________)

Mode of inheritance (______)

Mnemonic ……

A

(CGG)n

XD

Chin protruding, Giant Gonads

97
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Friedreich Ataxia

Trinucleotide repeat (________)

Mode of inheritance (______)

Mnemonic ……

A

(GAA)n

AR

Ataxic GAAit

98
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Which trisomy is the most common liveborn chromosomal abnormality?

A

Down syndrome

99
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Which disorder is the most common genetic intellectual disability?

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Down syndrome

100
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What are the findings for down syndrome, facial features?

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depressed nasal bridge, low set ears, short neck, brachy cephaly

101
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What are the findings for down syndrome, eye features?

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Prominent epicanthal folds, palpebrel fissures, brush field spots

102
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What are the findings for down syndrome, extremities features?

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Sandle toe, single palmer crease

103
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What are the five As of Down syndrome

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Atresia
Advanced maternal age
Atrioventricular septal defect 
Alzheimer disease (early onset) (codes for amyloid precursor protein, chromosome 21)
AML/ALL
hirschsprung disease
104
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95% of the cases are due to ______________

A

Meiotic non disjunction

105
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Which cause of down syndrome increases with advanced maternal age

A

Meiotic non disjunction

106
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What is the incidence of Down syndrome in women less near 20 years of age

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1:1500

107
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What is the incidence of Down syndrome in women less near 45 years of age

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1:25

108
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4% of the cases are due to ______________

A

Unbalanced Robertsonian translocation, between 14 and 21 chromosomes

High occurence within families
No relation w maternal age

109
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1% of the cases are due to ______________

A

Post fertilization mitotic error

Can lead to milder forms of DS
No association with advanced maternal age

110
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What are the invasive methods of diagonising Down syndrome

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Amniocentesis

Chorionic villus sampling

111
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What are the non invasive methods of diagnosing Down syndrome

A

Nuchal translucency, depressed nasal bones growth

112
Q

Which trisomy is Edwards?

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Trisomy 18

Election 18

113
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What is the incidence of Edwards syndrome

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1:8000

114
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What is the second most common cause of autosomal trisomy resulting in live birth

A

Edwards syndrome

115
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What are the findings of Edwards Syndrome

A

prince edward sissor hands

Low set ears
Clenched fists

Prominent occiput
Rocker bottom feet
Intellectual disability 
Non disjunction 
Clenched fists
Low set ears
116
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What happens to the jaw in patients with edwards syndrome

A

Micrognathia

117
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At what age do edwards syndrome patients die

A

Death occurs by 1, congenital heart disease

118
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Which trisomy is Patau syndrome

A

Trisomy 13

Puberty 13

119
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What are the common findings of Patau syndrome?

A 
Cleft palate 
Prosencephaly 
Polydactyl 
Polycystic kidney disease 
Cutis A Plasia
120
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What age do patients of Patau syndrome die?

A

Death occurs by age 1

121
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What is the incidence of Patau Syndrome

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1:15000

122
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In the 1st trimester for 21, 18, 13

Beta hcg, and PAPP-A

A

All decreased except b hcg for down syndrome which increases

123
Q

In the 2nd trimester for 21, 18, 13

AFP, b hcg, estriol, inhibin A

A

Normal for 13, decreased for 18, increased for b hcg and inhibin A for 21

124
Q

In the 2nd trimester for 21, 18, 13

AFP:

A

Decreased, decreased, normal

125
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Robertsonian translocation is a translocation that commonly involves the chromosome pairs:

A

13, 14, 15, 21, and 22

126
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Robertsonian translocation occurs when the _________ fuse at the centromere and the ___________

A

Long arms of 2 acrocentric chromosomes (chromosomes with centromeres near the end)

And the 2 short arms are lost

127
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Balanced translocation normally do not cause any ___________

A

Abnormal phenotype

128
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Unbalanced translocations can result in __________

A

Miscarriage, still birth, and chromosomal imbalance e.g down syndrome, patau syndrome

129
Q

Cri du chat syndrome is the ____________

A

Deletion on the short arm of chromosome 5

130
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What are the findings in patients with cri du chat syndrome?

A

Microcephaly, moderate to severe intellectual disability, high pitched screaming, epicanthal folds, and cardiac abnormalities (VSD)

131
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What is the genetic cause in Williams syndrome?

A

Microdeletion on chromosome 7 long arm

132
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The deleted region in Williams syndrome includes the _______

A

Elastin gene

133
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What are the findings in Williams syndrome

A

Elfin facies
Intellectual disability
Well developed verbal skills
Extreme friendliness with strangers

Hypercalcemia (sensitivity to vitamin D increases)
Cardiovascular problems (supravalvular aortic stenosis, renal artery stenosis)
134
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What is the genetic cause in digeorge syndrome?

A

22q11

Microdeletion at chromosome 22 long arm region one band one

135
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What are the findings of 22q11 syndrome

A

CATCH 22

cleft palate, Abnormal facies, Thmyic aplasia (t cell def), cardiac defects, hypocalcemia (parathyroid aplasia) due to aberrent development of 3th and 4th pharyngeal pouches

136
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What are the findings of digeorge syndrome?

A

Thmyic, parathyroid and cardiac defects

137
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What is the findings of Velocardiofacial syndrome?

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Palate, facial and cardiac defects

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