Lesson 2 Flashcards
Introduction to Cytology
Branch of genetics that studies the function of the cell, specifically the chromosomes, in the process of inheritance
Cytogenetics
Discovery of chromosomes in plants cells
Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli 1842
Chromosomes in animal cell (salamander)
Walter Fleming
Human karyotype included only how many chromosomes (include year)
46 chromosomes, 1956
Three techniques employed in Cytogenetics
Karyotyping
FISH
DNA microarray technology
Routine analysis of chromosomes at the metaphase stage; most basic technique
Karyotyping
What stage does Karyotyping occur
Metaphase stage
Karyotyping banded using
trypsin
Karyotyping stains after banding using trypsin
Giemsa
Leishman
both
Types of Karyotyping
G-banding
Q-banding
C-banding
NOR stains
Can identify chromosomal aberrations (translocation and rearrangements); useful in creating a karyogram
G-banding
Stain specifically binds to phosphate groups of the DNA and where there is high adenine-thymine bonding
Giemsa banding
A much earlier Fluorescent staining technique
Quinacrine banding
Developed Q-banding in late 1960s
Toborson Caspersson
Stains heterochromatin near the centromere
C-banding
Highlights the satellites and stalks of acrocentric chromosomes
Nucleolar Organizing Region stains (NOR stains)
Cytogenetic technique that uses fluorescent probes that attaches to specific areas in the chromosome with high degree sequence complementarity
Fluorescent In-situ Hybridization
Used to detect and localize the presence or absence of specific DNA sequences in the chromosomes
FISH
Collection of microscopic DNA spots attracted to a solid surface; makes use of a DNA microarray or a DNA chip
DNA microarray analysis
Types of microarray
Traditional solid-phase
Alternative bead array
spots attached to the surface
Traditional solid-phase array
using polyesterene beads each with a specific probe and a ratio of two or more dyes
Alternative bead array
Cytogenetics that diagnosis of heritable genetic abnormalities or de novo
Constitutional (germline) cytogenetics
Cytogenetics that is the detection of acquired or somatic genetic abnormalities
Cancer cytogenetics
postnatal
adolescent
prenatal
fetal/neonatal
Indications of Constitutional
hematologic oncology
bone marrow transplant
Cancer
Organized structures containing the DNA of an organism associated with structural proteins (histones) and some other factors that help maintain its integrity and facilitate its formation and replication
Chromosome
supercoiled DNA structure; may exist as unduplicated or duplicated
Linear Chromosome
Chromosome that appear as lines
Unduplicated
Chromosome that contains chromatids
Duplicated
All living organisms are composed of cells
The Cell Theory
Living organisms come from non-living
Spontaneous generation
Parts of the Cell
Nucleus
Cytoplasm
Nucleus function + parts
Storage of genetic information
-Nuclear envelope
-Chromatin
-Nucleolus
-Nucleoplasm