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What phase of cell cycle do chromosomes condense enough for karyotyping

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metaphase

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Haploinsufficiency

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Reduction by about half in amount of protein usually due to whole gene deletion or frameshift mutation

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Silent mutation

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changes that don’t affect the A.A produced by the codon

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Missense mutation

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Change that affects the A.A produced by the codon

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Nonsense mutation

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Change that results in a stop codon

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Frameshift mutation

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Alters the reading frame, may lead to entirely different protein or a stop codon

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Locus

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The location of a gene on a chromosome

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Allele

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an Alternative variant of a particular gene

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Polymorphism

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where there are at least 2 or more relatively common alleles of a gene in a the population

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Penetrance

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on/off binary concept
Expressed or not expressed
Incomplete penetrance: may be age dependent like in huntington’s

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Expressivity

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Variability of clinical features/phenotype in people with the same genotype

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Aneuploidy

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an abnormal number of chromosomes

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47 XXY condition and presentation

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Klinefelter Syn

  • Primary hypogonadism
  • Low testosterone
  • Infertility, incomplete virlisation, gynecomastia
  • tall stature
  • mild learning difficulty, shy, emotionally immature
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45 X condition and presentation

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Turner Syn

  • Short stature, shield chest
  • Webbed neck
  • Infertility, ovarian dysgenesis
  • Bicuspid Aortic valve, CoA
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Inheritance of myotonic dystrophy

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Triplet repeat disorder

-Maternal

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Inheritance of huntington’s

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Triplet repeat disorder

-Paternal

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17
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Inheritance of Spinocerebellar ataxia

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Triplet repeat disorder

-Gender of transmitting parent can modify symptoms in child

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Anticipation

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The observation that a particular phenotype seems to be increasing in severity in subsequent generations

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19
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CpG islands

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on promoter regions of genes and is the mechanism of regulating gene transcription

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20
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ncRNA

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Non coding RNA

-Does not code for protein, but mediates gene regulation processes

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21
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What is gene expression influenced by

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conformation of chromatin
methylation of DNA
Availability of transcription factors

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22
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Inheritance of Prader-Willi

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Loss of paternally active 15q gene copy

  • Paternal imprinting
  • Paternal microdeletion
  • Maternal UPD15
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Inheritance of Angelman Syndrome

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Loss of maternallly active 15q gene copy

  • Maternal imprinting
  • Maternal microdeletion
  • Paternal UPD15
  • UBE3A mutaton
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24
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RB1 -Condition and inheritance

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AD
Retinoblastoma

Other features:
-melanoma
Osteosarcoma
Soft tissue cancers

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25
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Most familial cancers are due to germ line mutations in tumor suppressor genes rather than proto-onogenes except:

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RET gene mutation - MEN 2

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MENIN gene

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MEN 1

AD inheritance

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Features of MEN 1

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Parathyroid adenoma
Pituitary adenoma
Pancreatic islet cell/GI adenoma

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28
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RET gene

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MEN2

AD inheritance

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29
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MEN2a features

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Medullary thyroid cancer
Phaochromocytoma
Parathyroid hyperplasia

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30
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MEN2b features

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Medullary Thyroid cancer
Phaeochromocytoma
Neuromas/fibromas + marfanoid features

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31
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Inheritance of BRCA mutation

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AD, highly penetrant

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32
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TP53 gene mutation

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Li Fraumeni syndrome

AD inheritance

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33
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Li Fraumeni syndrome features

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SBLA
-Sarcoma, Breast, leukemia, adrenal gland cancers

Very young onset usually (before 30 yo)

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Role of p53 in cancer

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Tumor suppressor gene
If DNA is damaged, p53 prevents malignant transformation by delaying cell cycle progression
-Allows cell to initiate DNA repair or can initiate apoptosis

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35
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PTEN gene mutation

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Cowden Syndrome

AD inheritance

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36
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Features of Cowden syndrome

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Breast cancer and Skin changes

Papillary thyroid cancer

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37
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APC gene mutation

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FAP

AD inheritance

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38
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MutYH gene mutation

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MutYH associated Polyposis

  • Phenotypically similar to FAP
  • AR inheritance - so may look like de novo FAP
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39
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STK11 gene mutation

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Peutz Jegher Syndrome

AD inheritance

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40
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Features of Peutz Jegher Syndrome

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  • Hamartomatous polyposis ( low malignant potential)
  • Lip, buccal, palm pigmentation
  • Risk of intussussception/volvulus
  • Increased risk of GI and breast cancer
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41
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MMR gene mutations in Lynch Syndrome

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MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2, EPCAM

42
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Amsterdam criteria for Lynch syndrome

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3 or more affected relatives w/ CRC
2 or more generations affected
1 or more <50 yo a diagnosis

FAP excluded

43
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How to test for MMR mutations

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  1. MSI testing
  2. Immunohistochemistry - absent staining seen if defect
  3. Germ line testing
44
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SDHB gene mutation

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paragangliomas and phaeochromocytoma

45
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Neurofibromin 1 gene mutation

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neurofibromatoisis type 1

AD inheritance

46
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Neurofibromatoisis type 1 Features

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2 or more of:
Cafe au lait spots
Neurofibroma/plexiform neurofibroma
Axillary freckling
Lisch modules on irus
Optic glioma
1st degree relative w/ NF
47
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Merlin gene mutation

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neurofibromatoisis type 2

AD inheritance

48
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Neurofibromatoisis type 2 Features

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Bilateral acoustic schwannoma by age 30 usually
Meningioma/Neurofibroma/Swannoma/Glioma
Polyneuropathy
Cataracts
Cutaneous tumors/plaques
49
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VHL gene mutation

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Von Hippel Lindau Disease

50
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Von Hippel Lindau Disease Features

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Clear cell renal cancer
Neurological/retinal haemangioblastoma
Phaeochromocytoma

51
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Compound heterozygote

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Different mutations in each pair of a gene

52
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Allelic heterogeneity

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The same phenotype can be caused by more than one mutation in a gene (e.g CF)

53
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Locus heterogeneity

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The same phenotype can be caused by mutations in more than one gene (e.g. tuberous sclerosis)

54
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Inheritance of Marfans

55
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Inheritance of Tuberous sclerosis

56
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Inheritance of vWD

57
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Inheritance of Noonan Syndrome

58
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Inheritance of Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

59
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Inheritance of acute intermittent porphyria

60
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Inheritance of Wilsons Disease

61
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Inheritance of Friedrich Ataxia

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AR, trinucleotide repeat disorder

62
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Inheritance of Haemochromatosis

63
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Inheritance of Alpha 1 antitrypsin

64
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Inheritance of Phenylketonuria

65
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Equation for incidence of a recessive condition

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Incidence = (Carrier Freq^2) x4

66
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Equation for carrier frequency of a recessive condition

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Carrier frequency = square root of (incidence/4)

67
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Inheritance of G6PD deficiency

68
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Inheritance of Fabry Disease

69
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Inheritance of Chronic granulomatous disease

70
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Inheritance of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

71
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Inheritance of Rett syndrome

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X linked - Dominant

72
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Inheritance of Fragile X syndrome

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Triplet repeat disorder on X chromosome

-Worse when maternally transmitted

73
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Heteroplasmy

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Some mitochondria have a mutation and others don’t

74
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When can CVS be performed

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11-15 weeks
Needle into placenta
1:500 miscarriage risk

75
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Role for NIPT

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Can be done at 10+ weeks
Assesses for aneuploidy, deletion syndromes, gender
-Fragments of placental DNA extracted from maternal blood

76
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CACNA1A gene mutation

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Torticollis

77
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Features of tuberous sclerosis

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Ungal/periungal fibroma
Ash leaf macules
Facial angiomas/forehead plaques
Shagreen patch
Retinal nodular hamartomas
Brain - nodules/tubers/astrocytoma - Seizures and ID
Renal angiomyolipoma/cysts
Cardiac rhabdomyoma
LAM - lungs
78
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Tx option in Tuberous sclerosis

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mTOR inhibitors

79
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FMR1 gene mutation

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Fragile X

-CGG repeat

80
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Features of Friedrich Ataxia

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Cerebellum and dorsal root ganglia affected
-Gait and limb ataxia
HOCM
Diabetes

GAA repeat in FXN gene

81
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Abnormal Dystrophin gene

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Becker muscular dystrophy

-Deletion/mutation is inframe resulting in a shortened semi functional protein/milder phenotype

82
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Absent Dystrophin gene due to deletion usually

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DMD

-Deletion/mutation disrupts the reading frame and therefore no functional protein

83
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DMD features

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Delayed motor milestones
Broad waddling gait, falls
Gower sign - trouble with stairs
Calf pseudohypertrophy (muscle replaced with connective tissue/fat)
Cardiomyopathy
Mild ID
Life expectancy 20s
84
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Trisomy 21 features

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ID
Hypotonia
Hearing/Vision
Alz disease
Congenital heart disease: VSD>endocardial cushion defect>PDA>ASD>TOF
Hypothyroid
Leukemia
OSA
85
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Fragile X features

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ID, behavioral proglems
Seizures
Mitral Valve prolapse
PRemature ovarian failure
FXTAS
86
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Karyotype

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For detection of:

  • Aneuploidy
  • Balanced translocation (location of gene)
87
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FISH (Fluorescence in situ hybridisation)

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Assess for presence of absence of particular DNA sequences on chromosomes
-Balanced rearrangements

88
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CGH microarray

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Assess gains/loss of DNA content

  • For unbalanced changes
  • Can detect: microdeletions/duplications and monosomies and trisomies

NOT for Balanced changes

89
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SNP Array

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For copy number neutral variation with genotype abnormalities
Allelic imbalance (uniparental disomy, chimerism)

+what CGH microarray does

90
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Sanger Sequencing

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For single gene mutations

-Cannot detect deletions/duplications

91
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Single gene sequencing

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looks at a particular area of interest and gives precise DNA sequencing of targeted gene
-For changes of a single base within a gene

92
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Southern blot

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For Trinucleotide repeat disorders

Looks at DNA

93
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Western Blot

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Can be used to look for proteins in trinucleotide repeat disorders like with DMD

94
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Whole genome sequencing

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o Detects genes and will inform you if there are sequence abnormalities in the gene, but cannot tell you location of the gene or if genes are missing or added
o Helpful for heterogenous conditions (e.g. epilepsy)
o Not good for triplet repeat disorders and deletions

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miRNA

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Post transcriptional regulator that binds to complementary sequences in mRNA

96
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siRNA

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Small interfering/silencing RNA

Knock down their target RNA

97
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Digenic mutation

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Two mutations in 2 different genes that code for different proteins that are often structurally or functionally related that lead to a phenotype/disease

98
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Wolfram Syndrome

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DIDMOAD (diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, and deafness)

AR

Gene: WFS1

99
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MELAS

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mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes

Mitochondrial disease

Stroke like presentation
Seizures
Hearing loss
Muscle weakness
Migraines
100
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CADASIL

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Cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy

NOTCH3 gene mutation on Chromosome 19

CAuse of stroke in young
TIA like Sx and small vessel ischemic strokes

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