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Q2-FUN18+19/Mendelian Genetics I and II Flashcards

1
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most cells are ________ ploid

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diploid

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2
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what does it mean that diploid cells are homologous?

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we have 2 homologous copies of each chromosome

2 copies of each gene, 1 per chromosome copy (maternal + paternal)

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3
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each gene copy is called an ______

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allele

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4
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alleles can _________ in their DNA base seq. so an individual can have diff alleles of a gene ( A and a)

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vary slightly

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5
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what are the mendelian inheritance patterns?

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autosomal dominant/recessive

Y-linked

X-linked dominant/recessive

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What does this mean in a pedigree?

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male, female, sex unknown

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7
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What do these mean in a pedigree?

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What do these mean in a pedigree?

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9
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how many autosomal dominant traits have been found so far?

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over 1000

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10
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auto. dom. traits are expressed at ________zygous

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heterozygous (Aa)

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most cases of auto. dom. disease will be ______

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heterozygous

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12
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what is the range of auto. dom. disorders?

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they can die before maturity or have late onset diseases (wide range)

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13
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dom. homozygotes are at a ________ relative to heterozygotes and frequently die before reproductive maturity

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selective disadvantage

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14
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auto. dom. allel frequencies are usually high/low

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low

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15
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What are some types of auto. dom. disease? (4)

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familial hypercholesterolaemia, polycystic kidney disease, familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), neurofibromatosis

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16
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what is familial hypercholesterolaemia?

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genetic disorder, caused by defect in chromosome 19, that makes the body unable to remove LDL cholesterol from the blood which results in people who are 30-40 years old be at high risk of myocardial infarction

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17
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1/______ people have a het mutation for familial hypercholesterolaemia and their plama LDL levels are ___x as much as a normal.

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500, 2

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18
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1/______ people have a homo mutation for familial hypercholesterolaemia and their plama LDL levels are ___x as much as a normal.

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1M, 10

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19
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what happens to people that have homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia?

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fatal myocardial infarctions in childhood/adolescence.

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20
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what is polycystic kidney disease?

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many cysts grow in kidney, and these cysts fill w/ fluid. if there are too many or they get too big, kidneys become damaged.

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What is familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)?

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cancer develops in colon and rectum

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22
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What is neurofibromatosis?

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tumors form on nerve tissues

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23
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What is the characteristic pattern of auto dom inheritance?

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vertical, disease is passed from one generation to the next and each affected person has an affected parent

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24
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which has a larger probably of being affected by auto. dom.?

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male and female are equal

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25
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if affected, males/females/both will transmit the mutation if it is auto dom

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both

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26
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approx ___% of the offspring of an auto dom affected parent will be affected

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50

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27
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What may cause exceptions to the auto dom pattern?

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mutations, variable expressivity, and reduced penetrance

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28
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how is a mutation an exception to the auto dom inheritance pattern?

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random cases may arise within families by de novo mutation which causes auto dom traits to not be expressed

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29
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how is variable expressivity an exception to the auto dom inheritance pattern?

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everyone with the genotype shows it, it just varies from person to person how severely the phenotype is expressed

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30
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how is reduced penetrance an exception to the auto dom inheritance pattern?

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some people have the genotype but dont express the phenotype

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31
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What is haploinsufficiency?

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This occurs when one copy of a gene is inactivated/deleted and the other copy of the gene isn’t strong enough to produce the needed product to keep normal function.

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32
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What is dominant negative effect?

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Dominant-negative effects occur when cells express mutant proteins that impair the activity of the cells’ usually-made functional counterpart.

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33
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how can a gain-of-function mutation at a single gene cause a disease phenotype?

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the function of a mutant protein is enhanced

ex. achrondroplasia, huntingtons disease

34
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how does a loss of heterozygosity cause a disease phenotype?

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inhertied copy of mutant gene and random loss of normal allele, even in only a few cells, renders those cells cancerous

35
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symptoms of auto rec diseases are only seen in _________

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recessive homozygotes (2 mutant alleles and no normal allele)

36
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heterozygotes are said to be _______ of a mutation if auto rec

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carriers

37
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auto rec is more/less common than auto dom

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more

38
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most common auto dom mating type?

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39
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most common auto rec mating type?

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40
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what are some ways to identify auto rec diseases?

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newborn screening programs, multiple affected siblings within large sib-ships, parental consanguinity, demonstration of partial defect in obligate heterozygotes

41
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identifying auto rec diseases can be complicated by _____ and _____

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de novo mutation and genetic heterogeneity

42
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What is genetic heterogeneity?

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Genetic heterogeneity can be defined as mutations at 2+ genetic loci that produce the same or similar phenotypes

43
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What are the 2 types of genetic heterogeneity?

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allelic geterogeneity and locus heterogeneity

44
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what is the diff b/w allelic and locus heterogeneity?

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45
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explain mutation nomenclature.

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46
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What is allelic heterogeneity?

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47
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What is locus heterogeneity?

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48
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Males are ________ for the X chromosome

A

hemizygous

49
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What is lyonization?

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X chromosome inactivation

50
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in female cells, one of the two ____ chromosomes is inactivated

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X chromosomes

51
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inactivation occurs when?

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early in embryonic life

52
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inactivation is _________

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random, either the paternal/maternal X may be inactivated

53
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inactivation is permanent and ______ propagated

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clonally

54
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inactivation is virtually ________

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complete

55
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the inactive X appears as a dark-staining mass known as a _________

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Barr-body

56
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What is a Barr body?

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condensed heterochromatic chromosome

57
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A
58
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x linked diseases may be ______ or ________

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rec or dom

59
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X linked mutant genes are ____ expressed in males

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fully

60
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X linked traits are _______ expressed in females

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variably

61
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What does intermediate effect mean regarding X linked diseases?

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clinically unaffected but biochemically abnormal

62
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What is skewed X inactivation?

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normal phenotype

more than random X chromosomes containing the MUTANT gene are inactivated

occurs when the X-inactivation of one X chromosome is favored over the other, leading to an uneven number of cells with each chromosome inactivated

63
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what is manifesting heterozygote?

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clinically affected

more than random X chromosomes containing the Normal gene are inactivated

A female heterozygous for a sex-linked recessive mutant gene who expresses the same phenotype as a male hemizygous for the mutation. This rare phenomenon results from the situation where, by chance, most somatic cells critical to the expression of the mutant phenotype contain an inactivated X chromosome carrying the normal allele of the gene.

64
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An X-linked disease may or may not be expressed clinically in a _______________

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heterozygous female

65
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diseases which are rarely expressed clinically in females are said to be ___________

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X-linked recessive (most known X-linked diseases are X-linked rec)

66
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diseases which are expressed clinically in many females are said to be _____________

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67
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diseases are characterized as XLR vs XLD depending on _________________

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the relative proportions of females who are affected

68
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Describe and X linked recessive pedigree.

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69
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What are 2 types of XLR diseases?

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hemophilia A and Duchenne muscular dystrophy

70
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What is hemophilia A?

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incidence is 1/5000-10000

deficiency in factor VIII

soft tissue bleeding in joints

71
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What is Duchenne Muscular dystrophy?

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incidence is 1/3300

form of muscular dystrophy

onset at approx 5 years old

progressive muscle weakness

death due to resp/card complications in 20’s

72
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what is Hypophosphatemic rickets?

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condition where the bones become painfully soft and bend easily

73
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typically, expression of XLD symptoms is more severe and constant in _____ than in ______

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males, females

74
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What is extranuclear inheritance?

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transmission of genes that occur outside of the nucleus (mitochondria)

75
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What is mtDNA?

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the mitochondria has a small circular DNA genome (abt 16kbp long)

76
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mtDNA is maternally transmitted via the ______

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ovum

77
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certain human diseases characterized by abnormal mitochondria often involve ________ and _____ muscle impairment and neurological problems

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skeletal, cardiac

78
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What is the difference between homoplasmy and heteroplasmy?

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Homoplasmy refers to the state of having uniformly normal or abnormal mitochondria in a tissue, while heteroplasmy refers to the state of having a mixture of normal and abnormal mitochondria in a tissue.

79
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What is the difference between normal, premutation, and mutation triplet repeat disorders?

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80
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triplet repeat disorders may be classified as _____, _______, or ________ inheritance

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dominant, recessive, X-linked

81
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What does unstable expansion mean?

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variation

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