MLSBIO101 GENETIC IMPRINTING Flashcards
What do you call the modifications to DNA that retain sequence fidelity yet alter gene expression? It is also known as “On genes”
Epigenetics
What is the other term for epigenetics?
On Genes
What is the gamete-specific differential modification?
Imprinting
What is unique to placental mammal, marsupial, and flowering plants?
Imprinting
What is typically marked with DNA methylation?
Imprinting
Imprinting is typically marked with what?
DNA Methylation
What often occurs in clusters?
Imprinting
In imprinting, what happens to the genes?
Silenced
What is the set of epigenetic modifications inherited in descendant cells?
Epigenetic Memory
What are the two broad categories of inheritance?
- Mendelian
- Non-mendelian
What law states that each parent contributes a single gamete containing single alleles from either maternal or parental chromosomes?
Law of Segregation
T/F. Each chromosome in an egg cell has a maternal imprint.
True
T/F. Imprinting is established in gametes
True
T/F. Each chromosome in a sperm cell has a paternal imprint.
True
T/F. Imprinting is maintained during embryogenesis.
True
On what occurrence is imprinting maintained?
Embryogenesis
What is the wide epigenetic reprogramming?
Genome
T/F. Imprinting is maintained in adult somatic tissues
True
In adults, where is imprinting maintained?
Somatic Tissues
T/F. Imprinting erased and modified based on sex.
True
On what characteristic is imprinting erased and modified?
Sex
What is crucial for normal development?
Imprinted Genes
What bypasses the epigenetic reprogramming?
Imprinted Genes
What is vulnerable to epigenetic copying machinery?
Imprinted Gene
What are the roles of Imprinted genes?
- Growth
- Behavior
- Stem Cells
- Disease
What is involved in placental development, enhance growth, and large offspring?
Paternal Expression
What is involved in suppressing growth, limits expression of paternal genes, and small offspring?
Maternal Expression
A large offspring benefits what?
Father
A small offspring benefits what?
Mother
What are the three things needed in DNA Methylation?
- CpG (Cytosine-phosphate-guanine)
- DNMT (DNA Methyltransferase)
- 5’methyl-cytosine
What can easily be deaminated to form thymine?
5’Methyl-cytosine
What happens when methylating the cytosine of a CpG motif?
Silences Genes
What happens when Cytosine + DNMT?
5’Methyl-cytosine
In DNA Methylation, what do you call the regions with high concentrations of CpG motifs?
CpG Islands
T/F. CpG Islands are located in the promoter regions.
True
How much percentage of human promoter regions contain CpG islands?
70%