Non-Mendelian Inheritance Flashcards
1
Q
What is familial aggregation?
A
Where relieves share a feasted proportion of their alleles than with unrelated individuals in a population
Doesn’t always indicate genetics
2
Q
What does concordance mean?
A
That two individuals in the family have the same disease
3
Q
What is empiric risk?
A
Used to predict recurrence of a multifactorial trait in a family
4
Q
What is a dynamic mutation?
A
An unstable heritable element where the probability of expression of a mutant phenotype is a function of the number of copies of the mutation
