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1
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Down’s Syndrome is Trisomy____.

A

21

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_____% Down’s Syndrome involves Trisomy 21

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95%

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Of the 95% of Down’s Syndrome that involve Trisomy 21, ____ % involve ______,____

and _____% involve ______,_____

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90% maternal meiosis, MI

10% paternal meiosis, MII

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What rearrangement occurs in the Acrocentric Chromosomes?

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Robertsonian Translocation

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What are the 5 Acrocentric chromosomes?

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13, 14, 15, 21, 22

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Robertsonian translocations involve ______ hooked together.

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Acrocentrics

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T/F
Balanced Robersonian translocations involve the long arms of 2 acrocentric chromosomes.

(13,14,15,21,22)

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True

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A balanced Robertsonian translocation between chromos 14 and 21 will yield how many total chromosomes?

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45

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If a woman is carrying a balanced Robertsonian translocation between chromos 14 and 21, how many of her gametes will be viable?

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50%

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A woman and her brother are carriers of a balanced Robertsonian translocation (14 and 21) - which has the highest risk to have a child with Down’s Syndrome?

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Female

***always higher with female

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A woman with a balanced Robertsonian translocation between 14 and 21 has a Down’s baby - how many chromosomes does the baby have?

How many copies of 21?

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46 (NOT 47)

3 copies 21

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Most Down’s Syndrome pts have ____ chromosomes

If mother has a translocation of 14 and 21, the Down’s person will have ____ chromosomes

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47

46

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What could explain a man having a baby with Prader-Willi and his sister having a child with Angleman?

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Balanced Translocation involving chromo 15

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14
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What is the Karyotype of Turner syndrome?

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45, X

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15
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How many 45, X (Turner’s) are spontaneously aborted?

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99%

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16
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What is the only viable monosomy in humans?

only viable hemizygous condition

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Turner Syndrome

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17
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How many Barr bodies would you see in Turner’s Syndrome?

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0

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T/F

A Barr body is an inactivated X chromosome in a female and enables Lyonization

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True

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45, X:

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Turner’s

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20
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45, XX t(14;21)

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phenotypically normal

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21
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46, XX

46, XY

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normal

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46, XX, t(14,21), +21

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Down’s

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23
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47, XXY

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Klinefelters

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What is the worst Robinsonian translocation?

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21 for 21

fusion of chromosome 21

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Where does the nondisjunction that creates 47 XYY occur? **NOT Klinefelters (47 XXY)
Male Meiosis II
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Nondisjuction in Male Meiosis I will result in: Nondisjuction in Male Meiosis II will result in: **sex chromosomes
Kleinfelters (XXY) XYY (or XXX)
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7 reasons to have a Karyotype?
Ambiguous genitalia (growth, development) Dysmorphic features Stillbirth/neonatal death Fertility problems Family history Neoplasia Pregnancy in advanced maternal age
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When is genetic testing for minors usually ok?
Conditions manifesting before 18
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Mechanism of Type I Osteogenesis Imperfecta W/O Dentinogenesis imperfecta:
Haploinsufficiency
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Mechanism of Type I Osteogenesis Imperfecta With Dentinogenesis Imperfecta:
Dominant Negative
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T/F | Type I Osteogenesis Imperfecta With DI (as opposed to without DI) are more likely to have fractures at birth
True
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What resource is to be used for a patient that needs genetic testing?
Genetic Testing Registry
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A son has a trait more commonly affecting females - what is the recurrence risk? (2 things)
More than if female was affected Greater if you have a daughter
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How many chromosomes in Triploidy?
69
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What is the most common mechanism that produces Triploidy (69 chromos)?
2 sperm fertilize ovum
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What is the Prognosis for Triploidy (60 chromos)?
Babies born but don't live long
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How many chromosomes in Tetraploidy?
92
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What is the Karyotype in tetraploidy?
92, XXXX or 92, XXYY
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What is the usual mechanism that creates Tetraploidy?
Failure early division/cleavage in zygote
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What is the Prognosis for Tetraploidy (92 chromos)?
Embryos can form - no babies viable
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How does Tetraploidy compare to Triploidy? | incidence
3x Less common
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How does Triploidy compare to Tetraploidy in terms of incidence?
3x More common
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A phenotype produced by exposure to an environmental agent... (this can look like a genetic disorder)
Phenocopy
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When multiple genes contribute to a phenotype... | diabetes
Polygenic ***each has small contribution
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When both Genes and the Environment can contribute to a phenotype...
Multifactorial
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What are 3 factors that contribute to the recurrence risk of a multifactorial trait like clefting?
Number affected individuals in Family Severity If individual is of sex Least affected, recurrent risk higher
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What is the one major way genetic testing is different from other types of tests?
Implications for Family Members
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Whole Exome sequencing focuses on...
Exons
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What bill prevents genetic discrimination? *in terms of job attainment and Health insurance
GINA Genetic Info Nondiscrimination Act
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T/F | Robertsonian translocations are between metacentric chromos
False *acrocentric
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T/F | Balanced translocation carriers are at risk to have unbalanced offspring
True *often how identified
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T/F | A 14,21 Robertsonian translocation will have 1/2 unviable gametes
True
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T/F | The normal X will be turn on in a woman with translocation between autosome and X chromosome.
False ***apparently bad chromo will take over
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What is the most likely way a female expressed X-linked recessive disorder? What is the least likely?
Skewed X inactivation Mutation pseudoautosomal region Y (females don't have Y)
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T/F Skewed X expression, Uniparental disomy, Turner's, Consanguinity, and Balanced translocation from Autosome to X can all uncover X-linked recessive in Females
True
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Most common mechanism in PWS and AS?
Deletion
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RR if UPD is mechanism of PWS or AS?
less than 1/1000
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RR if inherited methylation defect is mechanism for PWS or AS?
50%
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Prader-Wili Syndrome, which results from either father's 15 deletion or Uniparental Disomy from mother, is also...
Contiguous gene syndrome
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PWS results from absence of ____ contribution of chromo 15. AS results from absence of _____ contribution of chromo 15.
Father's Mother's
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Angelman Syndrome can result from a mutation is _______.
Single gene
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What test provides the highest detection rate for PWS and AS? What test detects deletions?
Methylation FISH
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If deletion is the mechanism for PWS or AS, what is the recurrence risk?
less than 1/1000
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Compulsive eating and developmental delay are seen in what Syndrome?
Prader-Willi
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Seizures, Ataxia, and an inability to talk are seen in what Syndrome?
Angelman
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If PWS and AS are seen in the same family, what is the most likely mechanism?
Translocation
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T/F | PWS and AS are the best examples of Imprinting in humans
True
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Triploid have how many chromosomes? Any viable? Mechanism?
69 Die as newborn 2 sperm, 1 ovum
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Tetraploid fetuses have how many chromosomes? Viability? Mechanism?
92 No live births Early cleavage failure
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p. Gly180Arg: p. Gly180* p. Gly180Gly p. Gly180Serfs*4
Missense Nonsense Silent Frameshift
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T/F | Whole exome sequencing detects mutations in coding exons
True
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Human disorder = Male Calico Cat
Klinefelter's
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Different Clinical phenotypes caused by mutations in the Same Gene is...
Clinical Heterogenicity
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T/F | Mito DNA links a woman to all her children and her daughter's descendants
True
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Fragile X: Huntington's: Freidreich ataxia: Myotonic dystrophy
5' UTR 1st Exon Intron 3' UTR
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What is the only Autosomal Recessive disorder currently known to be caused by a Trinucleotide repeat?
Freidreich Ataxia
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If a disorder has 1000's of repeats it does not occur in the _______. If a disorder has hundreds of thousands of repeats, it can be detected with _______
Coding region Southern Blot
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T/F | Minors are only tested for disorders occurring in childhood
True
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What major disorder is due to a missense mutation - one AA for another?
Sickle Cell Anemia
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Would a pt with know sickle cell go through chromosome analysis?
No. Cause knows - no need
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Different mutations, same locus, similar phenotype: Different phenotypes, mutations in same gene: Different mutations, different gene (locus), similar phenotype: Different expressions of mutant allele:
Allelic heterogeneity Clinical heterogeneity Locus heterogeneity Variable expressivity

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