Multifactorial Inheritance Flashcards
Objectives

Leading Causes of Death by Age Group

What makes complex diseases complex?

Why are complex traits Multifactorial

Dichotomous and Continuous Traits

Threshold Model of Genetic Susceptibility

Gene Environment Interaction

Multifactorial Traits and Twin Studies

Concordance

Twins and Type I vs. Type II Diabetes

Common Birth Defects

Prevelance of Spinal Bfida

Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

Population Genetics

Punnet Square

Hardy-Weinberg Equation
When alleles are in equilibrium the sum of these is 1?

Assumptions of Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium

Disease Frequency vs. Allele Frequence
Disease Frequency is not Allele Frequency
Disease Frequency is q2
But Allele Frequency is P or Q


Summary of Part I

Summary of Key Points Pt. II

Summary of Key Points Pt. III

Summary of Key Points IV
