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Inheritance Flashcards

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Features of autosomal dominant inheritance

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Affected people in each generation
Males and females
All forms of transmission incl male to male

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Risk of inheritance in autosomal dominant

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50%
Variable penetrance (likelihood disease manigest if gene change present)

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Autosomal recessive inheritance features

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Cant always follow disease through pedigree
Males and females affected

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Risk of inheriting recessive disease if parents are carriers

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25% if both parents carriers
50% - carrier but inaffected
25% chance not carrier or affected

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Children of affected parent risk of carrying disease

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100% - all children of affected individual will be carriers

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Risk of siblings of affected individual being a carrier

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2/3

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Why do X linked conditions affect men

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Women have two X chromosomes - other allele makes up for it

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Clues in x linked recessive inheritance

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More than one generation affected
Only males effected
No male to male tranmission - males dont pass chromosome to their son

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Risk of disease inheritacne X linked recessive

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25% risk affected male in each pregnancy

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Risk of unaffected male per pregnancy X linked

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25%

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Risk of unaffected male each pregnancy X linked

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25%

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Chances of non carrier female without condition

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25% chance

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Risk of carrier daughters and sons

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50% risk

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What is important to ask in a family history of genetics

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Relationship breakdonw - divorce/estrangement
Adoption/other biological relationships/non paternity
Causes of daeth other than natural eg accidental, suicide, drug/alcohol related
Bereavment incl miscarrigae and abortion
Consanguinity - incest

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What is a genomic test types

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Analysis of DNA
Diagnostic - Test which seeks to confirm a clinical diagnsois
Predictive - test offered to relatives of someone confirmed genetic cancer

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16
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What is SNV vs CNV

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SNV - variation in a single nucleotide (A or G)
Ins/del of a series of nuelotides (base pairs)
CNV - large scale duplication or deletion

17
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What stain used to view chromosomes and how appear

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Giemsa
Striped G banding
Allows chromosomes to be distinguished from each pther

18
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What is karyotype analysis used for

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Detecting whole chromosome changes eg trisomy, monosomy and translocation
Starting to be replaced w CGH

19
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What is FISH used for

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Microdeletion or microdulpication detection
Specific situations and cancer diagnoses

20
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What is (aCGH

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Array comparative genome hybridisation

21
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How is aCGH done

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DNA in solution broken into fragments labelled w fluroresent dye
DNA from control in equal quantities - diff colour dye
Hybridise - stick to matching sequence DNA

22
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What happens if patient missing DNA fragment in aCGH

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If missing fragment -> more control DNA bind to corresponding detector molecule -> NORMAL colour on UV ligtj

23
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What colour signal given if patient and control sample the same

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Fusion colour signal

24
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What does a patient colour signal mean aCGH

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Duplication of fragment

25
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What can and cant aCGH detect

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Trisomy, CNVs, microdeletions and smaller ins/dels
Wont detect single nucloetide changes and cannot detect balanced translocations

26
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What is the key feature of next generation sequencing

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Read and re-read fragments of DNA in solutino very quickly and reliably
Allows check whole genome or panel, real or virtual controls, generate significant results without being asked specifically

27
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What is an exome

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1% of genoma - 18,000 genes

28
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What is sensitivity of a genomic test determined by

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Technical - how good is lab technique
Gene coverage - can we test all relevant parts of genes ass w particular phenotype
Phenocopy - existence of non genetic conditions mimicing a genetic diorder

29
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What is specificity of genomic test

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Variation in single gene can be caused by other diseases
eg Huntingtons disease ONYL caused by CAG repeat of HTT gene
whereas familial HCM - mutation in number of different genes - only 70% diagnostic sensitivitt
Same genes may also cause different disease eg LV hypertrophy

30
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Problems with genomic testing sensitivity and speciicity

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Variable expressivity and peneterance - whether all genes that cause disease known or tested for and which disease genes can cause

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