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1
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What is the inheritance pattern of most hemoglobinopathies?

A

AR

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2
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The two broad categories of hemoglobinopathies are:

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Structural variants and thalissemias

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3
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Thalissemias are an imbalance in relative amounts of:

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Alpha and beta chains

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4
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Carriers of Hb beta are statistically likely to be:

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Italian/Greek

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5
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Carriers of HbS are statistically likely to be:

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African

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6
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What type of hemoglobin is fetally expressed?

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HbF

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7
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What type of hemoglobin is expressed in adults?

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HbA

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8
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E6V mutation in hemoglobin results in what disease?

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Sickle Cell (HbS)

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9
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The E6V mutation in sickle cell causes an abnormal interaction between ___ chains including hydrophobic interactions, polymerization of HbS globin chains, and sickling

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Beta globin

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10
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The E6K mutation in Hb gene leads to:

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HbC

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11
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Compensatory hyperplasia of bone marrow is a feature of:

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Alpha thalissemia

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12
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An inclusion of denatured hemoglobin is called a:

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Heinz body

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13
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Teardrop cells common in beta-thalissemia after spleen removal are called:

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Dacrocytes

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14
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Clinical severity of alpha thalissemia correlates with:

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Number of genes deleted (2 copies each of HBA1 and HBA2)

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15
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The most severe form of alpha thalissemia, in which no alpha globin is expressed is:

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Hydrops fatalis (lethal in utero, 4 genes deleted)

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16
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If only one alpha hemoglobin gene is present, the resulting disease is:

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HbH disease

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17
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B+ Thalissemia, better known as ___, results in reduced expression of beta globin and milder anemia than B0 Thalissemia

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Beta Thalissemis Intermedia

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18
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Alpha thalissemia involves complete gene deletions, what is the cause of beta thalissemia?

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Null mutations (typically point mutations)

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19
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What is Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin (HPFH)?

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When lambda globin expression persists in adulthood due todeletions of beta and gamma globin

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20
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Alpha globin is a ___ for beta-thalissemia

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Modifier gene

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21
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What type of mutations are stably transmitted to offspring and retained in somatic tissues?

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Static

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22
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What type of mutations may continue to mutate during transmission to offspring and tissue development?

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Dynamic

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23
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What is a common feature to all dynamic mutation disorders?

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Neurological symptoms, most are trinucleotide repeat disorders

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24
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Backwards slippage in a trinucleotide repeat causes:

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Expansions

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25
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Forward slippage in a trinucleotide repeat causes:

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Contractions

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26
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“Anticipation” was originally known as the:

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Sherman Paradox

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27
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Non-Transmitting Males (NTM’s) are explained by:

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Mutable (premutation) alleles

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28
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Most trinucleotide repeat disorders show which heritability pattern?

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Dominant

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29
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The repeat sequence seen in Freidrich’s ataxia is:

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GAA

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30
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The repeat sequence seen infragile X is:

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CGG

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31
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The repeat sequence seen in Huntington’s disease (and SCA) is:

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CAG

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32
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The repeat sequence seen in myotonic dystrophy is:

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CTG

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33
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CAG expansions (Poly-glutamine) express a ___ expansion bias

A

Paternal

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34
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CGG, CTG, and GAA expansions express a ____ expansion bias

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Maternal

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35
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Fragile X expresses a ____ expansion bias

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maternal

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36
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Huntington’s disease expresses a ____ expansion bias

37
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Myotonic dystrophy expresses a ____ expansion bias

38
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Cerebellar ataxia expresses a ____ expansion bias

39
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Freidrich ataxia expresses a ____ expansion bias

40
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The gene associated with fragile X is:

41
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The gene associated with myotonic dystrophy is:

42
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The gene associated with Freidrich ataxia is:

43
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The mode of inheritance for Fragile X is:

44
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What are three ways to measure repeat expansions?

A

PCR/gel electrophoresis
Southern blot
Western blot (not routine)

45
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The mode of inheritance for myotonic dystrophy is:

46
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The mode of inheritance for Huntington’s disease is:

47
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The mode of inheritance for Spinocerebellar ataxia is:

48
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The mode of inheritance for Friedreich’s ataxia is:

A

Autosomal recessive

49
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Freidreich’s ataxia is caused by GAA expansions in intron 1 of:

A

Frataxin (FXN)

50
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Is there anticipation in FRXA? Is it associated with the small or large allele repeat?

51
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FRXA results in excess ___ accumulation in mitochondria, leading to energy deficiency and free radicals

52
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What is the 2nd leading cause of inherited mental retardation?

A

Fragile X Syndrome

53
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Fragile X is caused by ___ expansions in the 5’ UTR of the ___ gene

54
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Symptoms of fragile X include:

A

MR, autism spectrum
Delayed milestones
long face, large ears, prominent forehead/jaw
Macroorchidism

55
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Epigenetic silencing involves binding of MeCP2, which recruits corepressor complex:

A

Sin3 with HDAC’s

56
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What type of protein is FMRP?

A

RNA binding protein (limits translation)

57
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FXTAS involves ___ onset neurodegeneration, increase FMR1 mRNA in the brain but reduced translation, mRNA toxicity, gain of function at RNA level

58
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Myotonic dystrophy is an AD disease involving CTG expansion in the 3’ UTR of the ___ gene

59
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Does muscular dystrophy undergo anticipation?

60
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Symptoms of DM1 include ptosis and an open, ___ mouth

A

Triangular

61
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DM1 involves a decrease in ___ protein and an increase in ___ protein

A

MBNI, CUGBP1

62
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DM1 involves pleiotropy due to abberant missplicing of multiple genes, causing a ____ effect

A

Trans-dominant

63
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What disease includes progressive loss of motor function, onset 30’s-40’s, depression, and chorea

A

Huntington’s Disease

64
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What disease includes slowly progressive cerebellar degeneration, late onset, and ataxia

A

Spinocerebellar ataxia

65
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The CAG expansions that lead to SCA result in a ___-of-function

66
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Which form of mHtt does sumoylation favor?

A

Soluble (cytotoxic)

67
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FRXA and Freidreich ataxia are both due to ___ mutations caused by repeat expansions (and occassionally point mut. or deletions)

68
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Freidreich ataxia, FRXA, and MD1 all express a ___ expansion bias

69
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Female carriers of fragile x may develop:

A

Premature ovarian failure

70
Q

What type of diseases are Huntingtons and SCA?

A

Polyglutamine

71
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Pathogenesis of polyQ disease is due to interference with:

A

Transcriptional regulation

72
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When there is no clear inheritance pattern, and traits appear in families more frequently than predicted by chance, the call this ____ inheritance

A

Non-mendelian

73
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In ____ diseases, other genes and encironmental factors have no effect

A

Fully penetrant

74
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A description for a trait in which multiple genes each have a limited impact on the phenotype is:

A

Polygenic traits

75
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A description for a trait in which relatively few genes have an impact on the phenotype is:

A

Oligogenic traits

76
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A common feature of multifactorial disorders due to interactions of multiple genetic and environmental factors is:

A

Variable expressivity

77
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Another word for quantitative traits is:

A

Dichotomous

78
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Four types of studies that can examine qualitative traits are:

A

Population/migration studies
Adoption studies
Affected family studies
Twin studies

79
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What is the formula for sibling risk ratio?

A

Prevalence of ds in siblings of affected / prevalence of ds in gen. pop.

80
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What is the name for when two related individuals share a trait?

A

Concordance

81
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If monozygotic twin concordance is greater than dizigotic twin concordance, this suggests:

A

Genetic component

82
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If low concordance in MZ and DZ twins, this suggests:

A

Environmental factors

83
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In monogenic disorders, if only genes are involved, MZ concordance will be ___ and DZ concordance will be ___

84
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For quantitative, heritability studies, compare the degree of ___ between MZ and DZ twins

85
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If h^2 is = 1 in a heritability study, the condition is only ____

A

Genetically determined

86
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If h^2 is = 0 in a heritability study, the condition is only ____

A

Environmentally determined

87
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What model is used to explain how continuously-distributed, quantitative traits determine a qualitative trait?

A

Liability threshold model

88
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If liability in an individual exceeds a threshold the disease will occur

A

The greater the individuals liability above the threshold, the greater the severity of the disease

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