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Genetics - First Aid USMLE Flashcards

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Modes of inheritance

What mode of Inheritance is presented here?

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked recessive

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Loss of heterozygosity

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Example(s) for -​ Loss of heterozygosity

Retinoblastoma and the “two-hit hypothesis,”
Lynch syndrome (HNPCC), Li-Fraumeni
syndrome.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Cri-du-chat syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Cri-du-chat syndrome, familial adenomatous polyposis

Chromosome 5

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

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Inheritance Pattern

Familial Adenomatous Polyposis- Autosomal Dominant

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

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Inheritance Pattern

Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Codominance

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Example(s) for -​ Codominance

Blood groups A, B, AB; α1-antitrypsin
deficiency; HLA groups.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Friedreich ataxia

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Inheritance Pattern

Friedreich ataxia - Autosomal Recessive

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Achondroplasia

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Inheritance Pattern

Achondroplasia - Autosomal Dominant

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Bruton agammaglobulinemia

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Inheritance Pattern

Bruton agammaglobulinemia - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

von Hippel-Lindau disease, renal cell carcinoma

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

von Hippel-Lindau disease, renal cell carcinoma

Chromosome 3

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Ocular albinism

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Inheritance Pattern

Ocular albinism - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal dominant: Often due to defects in ________ genes. Many generations, both males and females are affected.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal dominant: Often due to defects in structural genes. Many generations, both males and females are affected.

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Modes of inheritance

What mode of Inheritance is presented here?

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal ressecive

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Li-Fraumeni syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Li-Fraumeni syndrome - Autosomal Dominant

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Genetic terms: Definition

Locus heterogeneity

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Definition: Locus heterogeneity

Mutations at different loci can produce a similar
phenotype.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Oculocutaneous albinism

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Inheritance Pattern

Oculocutaneous albinism- Autosomal Recessive

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Inheritance Pattern of:

von Hippel-Lindau disease

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Inheritance Pattern

von Hippel-Lindau disease - Autosomal Dominant

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Genetic terms: Definition

Pleiotropy

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Definition: Pleiotropy

One gene contributes to multiple phenotypic
effects.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Fabry disease

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Inheritance Pattern

Fabry disease- X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias (MEN)

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Inheritance Pattern

Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias (MEN) - Autosomal Dominant

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

ADPKD (PKD1), α-globin gene defects (eg, α-thalassemia), tuberous sclerosis (TSC2)

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

ADPKD (PKD1), α-globin gene defects (eg, α-thalassemia), tuberous sclerosis (TSC2)

Chromosome 16

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Mucopolysaccharidoses (except Hunter syndrome)

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Inheritance Pattern

Mucopolysaccharidoses - Autosomal Recessive

(except Hunter syndrome)

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Variable expressivity

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Example(s) for -​ Variable expressivity

2 patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) or Polydactyly may have varying disease severity.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Neurofibromatosis type 1, BRCA1, TP53

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Neurofibromatosis type 1, BRCA1, TP53

Chromosome 17

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial inheritance: Mitochondrial myopathies

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial myopathies - rare disorders;
often present with myopathy, lactic acidosis,
and CNS disease, eg, MELAS syndrome
(mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic
acidosis, and stroke-like episodes). 2° to
failure in oxidative phosphorylation.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Hereditary Spherocytosis

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Inheritance Pattern

Hereditary Spherocytosis - Autosomal Dominant

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome - Chromosome and Disomy Associated:

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome - Associated with:

Associated with a mutation or deletion of chromosome 15 of paternal origin. Prader has no Papa (Paternal deletion).

25% of cases are due to maternal uniparental disomy.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)

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Inheritance Pattern

hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome) - Autosomal Dominant

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Hemochromatosis

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Inheritance Pattern

Hemochromatosis - Autosomal Recessive

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Heteroplasmy

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Example(s) for -​ Heteroplasmy

mtDNA passed from mother to all children.

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Genetic terms: Definition

Anticipation

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Definition: Anticipation

Increased severity or earlier onset of disease in
succeeding generations.

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If a population is in _Hardy-Weinberg
equilibrium_ and if p and q are the frequencies
of separate alleles, then: p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1 and
p + q = 1, which implies that:

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Genetics - First Aid 2019
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium: The values of p and q remain constant from generation to generation.
p2 = frequency of homozygosity for allele A
q2 = frequency of homozygosity for allele a
2pq = frequency of heterozygosity (carrier
frequency, if an autosomal recessive disease).
The frequency of an X-linked recessive disease
in males = q and in females = q2.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Incomplete Penetrance

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Example(s) for -​ Incomplete Penetrance

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

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Cystic Fibrosis

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Inheritance Pattern

Cystic Fibrosis - Autosomal Recessive

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Marfan syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Marfan syndrome - Autosomal Dominant

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Genetic terms: Definition

Incomplete Penetrance

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Definition: Incomplete Penetrance

Not all individuals with a mutant genotype
show the mutant phenotype.

% penetrance × probability of inheriting
genotype = risk of expressing phenotype.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

PKU

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Inheritance Pattern

Phenylketonuria - Autosomal Recessive

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Genetic terms: Definition

Dominant negative mutation

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Definition: Dominant negative mutation

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

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Genetic terms: Definition

Allelic heterogeneity

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Definition: Allelic heterogeneity

Different mutations in the same locus
produce the same phenotype.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Hemochromatosis (HFE)

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Hemochromatosis (HFE)

Chromosome 6

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Genetic terms: Definition

X-inactivation (lyonization)

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Definition: X-inactivation (lyonization)

one copy of female X chromosome forms a
transcriptionally inactive Barr body. Female
carriers variably affected depending on the
pattern of inactivation of the X chromosome
carrying the mutant vs normal gene.

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Genetic terms: Definition

Linkage disequilibrium

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Definition: Linkage disequilibrium

Tendency for certain alleles at 2 linked
loci to occur together more or less often
than expected by chance. Measured in a
population, not in a family, and often varies in
different populations.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Pleiotropy

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Example(s) for -​ Pleiotropy

Untreated phenylketonuria (PKU) manifests with
light skin, intellectual disability, and musty body
odor.
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Inheritance Pattern of:

Wilson disease

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Inheritance Pattern

Wilson disease - Autosomal Recessive

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Modes of inheritance

What mode of Inheritance is presented here?

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal dominant

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Mosaicism

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Example(s) for -​ Mosaicism

McCune-Albright syndrome—Gs-protein
activating mutation leads to unilateral
café-au-lait spots with ragged edges, polyostotic fibrous dysplasia (bone is replaced by collagen and fibroblasts), and at least one endocrinopathy (eg, precocious puberty). Lethal if mutation occurs before fertilization (affecting all cells), but survivable in patients with mosaicism.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Thalassemias

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Inheritance Pattern

Thalassemias - Autosomal Recessive

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Genetic terms: Definition

Uniparental disomy

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Definition: Uniparental disomy

Offspring receives 2 copies of a chromosome from
1 parent and no copies from the other parent. Uniparental is euploid. Most occurrences of uniparental disomy result in normal phenotype.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal dominant: Often _______ (multiple apparently unrelated effects) and _______ _______ (different between individuals). Family history crucial
to diagnosis. With one affected (heterozygous)
parent, on average, ½ of children affected.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal dominant: Often pleiotropic (multiple apparently unrelated effects) and variably expressive (different between individuals). Family history crucial
to diagnosis. With one affected (heterozygous)
parent, on average, ½ of children affected.

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome - Chromosome and Disomy Associated:

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome - Associated with:

Associated with mutation or deletion of
the UBE3A gene on the maternal copy of
chromosome 15.
5% of cases due to paternal uniparental disomy.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

ARPKD

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Inheritance Pattern

ARPKD - Autosomal Recessive

(Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease)

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial inheritance: Transmitted only through the mother. ___ offspring of affected females may show signs of disease. _______ ________ in a population or even within a family due to heteroplasmy.

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial inheritance: Transmitted only through the mother. All offspring of affected females may show signs of disease. Variable expression in a population or even
within a family due to heteroplasmy.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Tuberous Sclerosis

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Inheritance Pattern

Tuberous Sclerosis - Autosomal Dominant

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Hunter syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Hunter syndrome - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Genetic terms: Definition

Codominance

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Definition: Codominance

Both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the
heterozygote.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Anticipation

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Example(s) for -​ Anticipation

Trinucleotide repeat diseases (eg, Huntington
disease).

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Genetic terms: Definition

Loss of heterozygosity

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Definition: Loss of Heterozygosity

If a patient inherits or develops a mutation in
a tumor suppressor gene, the complementary
allele must be deleted/mutated before cancer
develops. This is not true of oncogenes.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

ADPKD (PKD2), achondroplasia, Huntington disease

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

ADPKD (PKD2), achondroplasia, Huntington disease

Chromosome 4

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Genetic terms: Definition

Imprinting

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Imprinting

one gene copy is silenced by methylation, and only the other copy is expressed → parent-of-origin effects.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Sickle Cell anemia

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Inheritance Pattern

Sickle Cell anemia - Autosomal Recessive

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Edwards syndrome

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Edwards syndrome

Chromosome 18

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Marfan syndrome

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Prader-Willi syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Marfan syndrome

Chromosome 15

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Genetic terms:

Hardy-Weinberg law assumptions (4)

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Hardy-Weinberg law assumptions include:

  • No mutation occurring at the locus
  • Natural selection is not occurring
  • Completely random mating
  • No net migration
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Genetic terms: Definition

Somatic Mosaicism

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Definition: Somatic Mosaicism

Presence of genetically distinct cell lines in the
same individual. In Somatic mosaicism, the mutation arises from mitotic errors after fertilization and propagates through multiple tissues or organs.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Down syndrome

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Down syndrome

Chromosome 21

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked Dominant: Example(s)

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Modes of inheritance

Hypophosphatemic rickets—formerly known as
vitamin D–resistant rickets. Inherited disorder
resulting in higher phosphate wasting at proximal
tubule. Results in rickets-like presentation.
Other examples: fragile X syndrome, Alport
syndrome.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Wilms tumor, β-globin gene defects (eg, sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia), MEN1

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Wilms tumor, β-globin gene defects (eg, sickle cell disease, β-thalassemia), MEN1

Chromosome 11

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Duchenne (and Becker) muscular dystrophy

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Inheritance Pattern

Duchenne (and Becker) muscular dystrophy - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Hemophilia A and B

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Inheritance Pattern

Hemophilia A and B - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Modes of inheritance

  • *X-linked recessive:** Sons of heterozygous mothers have a ___ chance of being affected. No ____-to-____
    transmission. Skips generations.
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Modes of inheritance

  • *X-linked recessive:** Sons of heterozygous mothers have a 50% chance of being affected. No male-to-male
    transmission. Skips generations.
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Inheritance Pattern of:

Huntington disease

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Inheritance Pattern

Huntington disease - Autosomal Dominant

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked recessive: Commonly more severe in males. Females usually must be _________ to be affected.

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked recessive: Commonly more severe in males. Females usually must be homozygous to be affected.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Uniparental disomy

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Example(s) for -​ Uniparental disomy

Consider UPD in an individual manifesting a recessive
disorder when only one parent is a carrier.
Examples: Prader-Willi and Angelman
syndromes.

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome - Signs and Symptoms

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome: Results in inappropriate laughter (“happy puppet”), seizures, ataxia, and severe intellectual
disability.

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome:Signs and Symptoms

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome: Results
in hyperphagia, obesity, intellectual disability,
hypogonadism, and hypotonia.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Dominant negative mutation

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Example(s) for -​ Dominant negative mutation

Mutation of a transcription factor in its allosteric
site. Nonfunctioning mutant can still bind
DNA, preventing wild-type transcription factor
from binding.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Neurofibromatosis type 2, DiGeorge syndrome

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Neurofibromatosis type 2, DiGeorge syndrome (22q11)

Chromosome 22

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (von
Recklinghausen disease) and type 2

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Inheritance Pattern

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (von
Recklinghausen disease) and type 2 - Autosomal Dominant

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: Higher risk in __________ families. Unaffected individual with affected sibling has
2/3 probability of being a carrier.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: Higher risk in consanguineous families. Unaffected individual with affected sibling has
2/3 probability of being a carrier.

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome: Silent Gene

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Disorders of imprinting

AngelMan syndrome: Silent Gene Paternally derived gene is silenced (imprinted). Disease occurs when the Maternal allele is deleted or mutated.

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Genetic terms: Definition

Uniparental disomy - Heterodisomy Vs. IsodIsomy

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Definition: Heterodisomy Vs. Isodisomy

HeterodIsomy (heterozygous) indicates a meiosis I error. IsodIsomy (homozygous) indicates a meiosis II error or postzygotic chromosomal duplication of one of a pair of chromosomes, and loss of the other of the original pair.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: With 2 carrier (heterozygous) parents, on average: _ of children will be affected (homozygous), _ of children will be carriers, and _ of
children will be neither affected nor carriers.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: With 2 carrier (heterozygous) parents, on average: ¼ of children will be affected (homozygous), ½ of children will be carriers, and ¼ of
children will be neither affected nor carriers.

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Modes of inheritance

What mode of Inheritance is presented here?

*Hint: Fathers transmit to all daughters

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked dominant

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Modes of inheritance

What mode of Inheritance is presented here?

*Hint: All offspring of affected females may show signs of
disease.

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial Inheritance

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Lesch-Nyhan syndrome - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked Dominant: Transmitted through both parents. Mothers transmit to 50% of daughters and sons; fathers
transmit to ___ daughters but no sons.

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Modes of inheritance

X-linked Dominant: Transmitted through both parents. Mothers transmit to 50% of daughters and sons; fathers
transmit to all daughters but no sons.

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Genetic terms: Definition

Heteroplasmy

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Definition: Heteroplasmy

Presence of both normal and mutated
mtDNA, resulting in variable expression in
mitochondrially inherited disease.

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Genetic terms: Definition

Gonadal Mosaicism

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Definition: Gonadal Mosaicism

Presence of genetically distinct cell lines in the
same individual. In Gonadal mosaicism, the mutation is only in egg or sperm cells. If parents and relatives do not
have the disease, suspect gonadal (or germline) mosaicism.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Fragile X syndrome, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, Klinefelter syndrome (XXY)

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Chromosome X

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Glycogen storage diseases

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Inheritance Pattern

Glycogen storage diseases - Autosomal Recessive

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Modes of inheritance

Mitochondrial inheritance: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy

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Modes of inheritance

Leber hereditary optic neuropathy - cell
death in optic nerve neurons → subacute
bilateral vision loss in teens/young adults, 90%
males. Usually permanent.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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Inheritance Pattern

Familial Hypercholesterolemia - Autosomal Dominant

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Inheritance Pattern of:

G6PD deficiency

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Inheritance Pattern

G6PD deficiency - X-linked Recessive

Mneumonic: Obliviously Female Will Often Give Her Boys Her x-Linked Disorders

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Genetic terms: Definition

Variable expressivity

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Definition: Variable expressivity

Patients with the same genotype have varying
phenotypes.

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Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Locus heterogeneity

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Example(s) for -​ Locus heterogeneity

Albinism.

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Friedreich ataxia, tuberous sclerosis (TSC1)

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Friedreich ataxia, tuberous sclerosis (TSC1)

Chromosome 9

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome:Silent Gene

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Disorders of imprinting

Prader-Willi syndrome:Silent Gene Maternally derived genes are silenced (imprinted). Disease occurs when the Paternal allele is deleted or mutated.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Kartagener syndrome

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Inheritance Pattern

Kartagener syndrome - Autosomal Recessive

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Patau syndrome, Wilson disease, retinoblastoma (RB1), BRCA2

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Patau syndrome, Wilson disease, retinoblastoma (RB1), BRCA2

Chromosome 13

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Williams syndrome, Cystic fibrosis

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Genetic disorders by Chromosome

Williams syndrome, Cystic fibrosis

Chromosome 7

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy

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Inheritance Pattern

Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy - Autosomal Dominant

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Genetic terms: Example(s) for -

Allelic heterogeneity

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Genetics - First Aid 2019

Example(s) for -​ Allelic heterogeneity

β-thalassemia.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: Often due to ______ deficiencies. Usually seen in only 1 generation. Commonly more severe than dominant disorders; patients often present
in childhood.

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Modes of inheritance

Autosomal recessive: Often due to enzyme deficiencies. Usually seen in only 1 generation. Commonly more severe than dominant disorders; patients often present
in childhood.

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Inheritance Pattern of:

Sphingolipidoses

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Inheritance Pattern

Sphingolipidoses - Autosomal Recessive

(except Fabry disease)

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Inheritance Pattern of:

ADPKD

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Inheritance Pattern

ADPKD - Autosomal Dominant

(Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease)

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