Sex Chromosomes Flashcards
What is the rough incidence of X and Y aneuploidy in newborns?
1 in 500 (475)
What is the incidence of all chromosome abnormalities in newborns?
1 in 150 (154)
What is the incidence of aneuploidy in newborns (sex chromosomes and autosomes)?
1 in 250 (263)
What is the incidence of autosome aneuploidy in newborns?
1 in 700
A. What is the incidence of total structural chromosome abnormalities in newborns?
B. What is the incidence of balanced structural chromosome abnormalities in newborns?
C. What is the incidence of unbalanced structural chromosome abnormalities in newborns?
A. 1 in 400 (375)
B. 1 in 500
C. 1 in 1600
Sample type for numerical sex chromosome analysis?
Buccal smears
Sex chromosome body discovered in 1949?
Barr body (Mike Bertram and Murray Barr)
What is Ohnos law?
Evolutionary conservation of genes on the X chromosome (1959)
X inactivation center gene (___) at Xq13.2 that initiates X inactivation
XIST - x inactive transcript = non-coding transcript and functional RNA
X inactivation spreads from the ____?
XIC- X inactivation center
X inactivation and Barr body occurs about day ____ during the _____ stage of early embryonic development
16, blastocyst (hollow ball of 50-150 cells)
Explain exceptions when X-inactivation is not random:
1. ______ abnormal chromosomes
2. ______ X chromosome in extraembryonic membranes
- structurally
- paternal
Is X inactivation complete?
No
(pseudoautosomal region - functional homolog on the Y and 15% X genes) - lack CpG islands
Is X inactivation permanent?
No.
-Reversed in development of germ cells (not passed on to gametes)
Inactive X chromosome enriched for histone _____
macroH2A
Compare active vs inactive X replication in S phase
Active X - early S phase with autosomes
Inative X -late S phase
50% of genes on the _____ arm of X escape inactivation
p (Xp)
There are approximately ____ genes on the X chromosome
900 (800-900)
There are approximately ____ genes on the Y chromosome
50 (50-60)
- The _____ is the terminal 2.6 MB of Xpter and Ypter.
- The _____ is the terminal 320 KB of Xqter and Yqter.
- PAR1
- PAR2
1.____% of genes on X and 2. ___% of genes on autosomes encode genes related to intellectual ability
- 10%
- 3%
Klinefelter Syndrome Nomenclature
47, XXY