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Single Gene Disorders Flashcards

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What kind of proteins can be affected by mutations?

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  • -Enzymes
  • -Transport and storage proteins
  • -Structural proteins
  • -Proteins involved in growth, differentiation and development
  • -Receptor and signaling proteins
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Null mutation

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Mutation that completely destroys a protein

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Loss-of-function mutation

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Mutation reducing protein’s activity

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Gain-of-function mutation

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Mutation altering protein’s activity or give it a new function (typically seen in signal transduction proteins)

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Mendelian modes of inheritance

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  1. Autosomal dominant
  2. Autosomal recessive
  3. X-linked dominant
  4. X-linked recessive
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Recessive inheritance

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Only present when there are two mutant alleles

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Typical proteins mutated in recessive inheritance disorders

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Mostly observed in defects of enzymes and proteins involving transport and storage; can compensate for loss of one functional allele

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How are defective recessive alleles compensated for?

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  1. Protein working harder

2. More protein made

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Carrier of recessive genetic disease

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Person with one normal dominant allele and one mutated recessive allele

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Compound heterozygote

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Person affected by recessive disease with two mutant alleles that are not identical (contain different mutations)

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Dominant inheritance

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Present when one mutant allele is sufficient to cause disease (occurs in heterozygote state)

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Typical proteins mutated in dominant inheritance disorders

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Mostly observed in defects of structural proteins, proteins involved in growth/differentiation/development, and receptor/signaling proteins

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Causes of dominant inheritance (4)

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  1. Haploinsufficiency
  2. Dominant negative effect
  3. Gain-of-function mutation
  4. Lack of backup (two-hit model)
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Haploinsufficiency

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One functional allele isn’t enough – requires full gene dosage instead of half (ex. structural proteins that are produced in mass quantities)

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Dominant negative effect

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Abnormal protein competing with wildtype form (ex. collagen; one wrong protein can disrupt whole structure)

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Lack of backup (two-hit model)

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Predisposition to certain disorders (typically cancers) due to one mutation being inherited and the other spontaneously mutating

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Calculate expected genotype frequencies using Punnett square

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Parents’ alleles are used as column and row headers with dominant alleles capitalized and recessive alleles in lowercase; possible allele combinations can be visualized
Dominant: affected (heterozygous) + healthy = 50% chance of heterozygous affected child
Recessive: carrier parents = 25% chance of affected child, 50% chance of carrier child

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Sex-determining region of Y

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Where the genetic information for male development of embryo is found on Y chromosome

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Psuedoautosomal region of Y

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Region that is homologous to X chromosome for proper alignment with X-chromosome in meiosis

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X-linked inheritance

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Comes from a mutation on the X chromosome

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Autosomal inheritance

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Comes from a mutation on an autosome

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Mitochondrial inheritance

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Does not follow Mendelian rules of inheritance; inherited from mother; variable expression due to the many copies of mitochondrial DNA

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Pedigree

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A chart to show whether a parent is a carrier of a disease and analyze familial patterns of a disease; can be used to make accurate estimate of risk for a person to be a carrier of a recessive disease and estimate the likelihood of a couple having an infected child

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Consanguineous mating

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Mating between cousins (important in risk for recessive disorders)

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Lifetime risk for single gene disease

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2%

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Genetic counseling

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Counseling for parents seeking advice about the risk of having a child with a genetic disease; requires knowledge of parents’ genotypes and mode of inheritance of disease; performed by a certified genetic counselor

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X-chromosome inactivation

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In the first week of development, cells inactivate one X-chromosome so that only the genes of the active X-chromosome are expressed; all progeny of the cells have same X-chromosome inactivated; X-chromosome mosaicism can occur if different X-chromosomes are silenced in different cells

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How do you conduct a simple linkage analysis?

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A linkage/marker analysis is done by looking at certain set of genetic markers on a chromosome; the two genes present in the person with disease can be used to see which were the carrier genes from parents and if there are any other carriers in the family (look at example in notes)

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Recurrence risk

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Possibility of next child having specific disease; normally remains the same no matter how many children since conceptions are statistically independent events

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Characteristics of autosomal recessive diseases

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  1. Affected children usually have unaffected parents
  2. Both sexes are affected equally
  3. Consanguinity increases risk
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What are examples of autosomal recessive diseases?

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Phenylketonuria and cystic fibrosis

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Explain impact of consanguinity on risk for recessive disorders

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Most people carry 2-3 recessive mutant alleles on average, and closely related individuals often carry those same recessive mutant alleles, which means that they are at higher risk for recessive genetic disorders; higher coefficient of inbreeding

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Coefficient of inbreeding

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Describes degree of homozygosity

  • -Siblings share 50% of their genes, so a child between them would be homozygous for 25% of genes, making coefficient of inbreeding 25% for siblings
  • -Cousins have a coefficient of 1/16, meaning individual is homozygous in 1/16 of genes to other
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Inborn errors of metabolism (IEM)

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Class of autosomal recessive disorders caused by defects in metabolic enzymes; each disease is rare but cumulative incidence is 1/300 births; many are screened for in newborn screens and can be acute or chronic

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Acute IEMs

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Start in neonatal period and arise from defective metabolism of small molecules (amino acids, sugars, etc.); non-specific symptoms that often include lethargy, poor feeding, seizures, or characteristic smells

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Chronic IEMs

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Arise from defects in storage and metabolism of large molecules (glycogen, proteoglycans, etc.)

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Phenylketonuria (PKU)

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Prevalence: 1/2,900 (relatively rare)
Mode of inheritance: AR, chronic IEM
Pathology: defect on phenylalanine hydroxylase gene on chromosome 12 leading to difficulties in tyrosine metabolism
Symptoms: musty odor, abnormal brain development
Other: Newborn screening done (most prevalent IEM)

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Cystic fibrosis (CF)

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Prevalence: 1/2000 (common)
Mode of inheritance: AR
Pathology: defect in gene for chloride channel on chromosome 7 (CFTR), often due to deletion of amino acid 508 in first nucleotide binding domain affecting post-translational processing
Symptoms: thick mucus covering lung epithelium and GI tract
Uses sweat chloride test, allele heterogeneity, modifier loci
Treatment: maintaining lung function and aiding digestion

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Pancreatic sufficiency of CF

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Pancreatic sufficient: patients with enough CFTR for normal digestion
Pancreatic insufficient: patients that require supplementation with pancreatic enzymes

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Sweat chloride test

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Measurement of the electric conductivity of the skin surface to test for cystic fibrosis (patients with CF have salty sweat with high electric conductivity)

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Allele heterogeneity

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Harboring different mutations in the same gene, leading to different impact on function of gene product (reason for variation in pancreas function in CF patients)

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Modifier genes

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Normal variations in activity of other proteins that can have an impact on the severity of other mutations (reason for variation in pancreas function in CF patients; known ones are MSD1, NBD1, NBD2)

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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase deficiency

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Mode of inheritance: AR
Pathology: fasting hypoglycemia
See carbohydrate metabolism for more

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Sickle cell anemia

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Mode of inheritance: AR
Pathology: hemolysis
See hemoglobinopathy for more

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Sucrase-isomaltase deficiency

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Mode of inheritance: AR
Pathology: sucrose/glucose polymer intolerane
See carbohydrate metabolism for more

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Glycogen storage disorders

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Mode of inheritance: AR
Pathology: hypoglycemia, accumulation of glycogen
See carbohydrate metabolism for more

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Characteristics of autosomal dominant diseases

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  1. Affected child has at least one affected parent
  2. Both sexes affected equally
  3. Can be transmitted from father to son
  4. Often homozygotes more severely affected than heterozygotes
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Penetrance

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Percentage of people with disease gene who develop symptoms; can be complete or incomplete
Complete penetrance: if a patient has a certain disease, they will present with symptoms at some point
Incomplete penetrance: patients with genotype for disease may not develop symptoms

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Expressivity

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Severity of the symptoms; can be low, high, or variable

Variable expressivity: not all patients develop same set of symptoms (complicates risk analysis)

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Neurofibromatosis (NF)

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Prevalence: 1/3500 (relatively rare)
Mode of inheritance: AD
Pathology: mutated neurofibromin (NF1) gene on chromosome 17
Symptoms: multiple tumors (including iris of eye called Lisch nodules and in CNS), café-au-lait spots, mental retardation
Other: new mutations, variable expressivity

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Huntington Disease (HD)

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Prevalence: 5/100,000 (very rare)
Mode of inheritance: AD
Pathology: Defect of huntingtin gene on chromosome 4 that causes CAG triplet expansions
Symptoms: neurological disorders (ex. dementia, uncontrolled movement of limbs)
Other: new mutations, triplet expansion, anticipation, gain-of-function

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Premutation

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With Huntington Disease, a person with more than 40 repeats develops the disease; with 35-40 repeats they will most likely not develop it but the next generation will likely have it (= premutation)

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Anticipation

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Severity of a disease increasing when transmitted through a pedigree due to escalating number of repeats; observed frequently in triplet expansion mutations such as HD

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Delayed age of onset

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A disorder that does not manifest itself until later in life (ex. Huntington Disease does not display symptoms until about age 40)

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Achondroplasia

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Mode of inheritance: AD
Pathology: mutation in fibroblast growth factor receptor gene (FGFR3) on chromosome 4
Symptoms: small stature due to inhibition of bone growth
Other: new mutations, reduced fitness (20% fertility), dominant negative allele, mutation hotspot

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Fitness

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Chance of reproduction of an affected patient that will pass on the inherited disorder; many disorders reduce fitness by causing infertility or death before reproductive age; when fitness = 0, affected individual cannot reproduce at all

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Mutation hotspot

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Chromosomal region where mutations occur frequently that normally consists of CG dinucleotide repeat that is methylated (ex. G1138 on FGFR3 gene in achondroplasia)

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What disorders often see new mutations? In which genes? Why?

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (dystrophin), Neurofibromatosis (NF1), Achondroplasia (FGFR3)
–Genes are large, complex, or have mutation hotspots

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)

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Prevalence: 1/10000 for all collagen disorders
Mode of inheritance: AR (mutations in enzymes required for processing) and AD (dominant negative due to misfolded collagen)
Pathology: collagen disorder
Other: genetic heterogeneity

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Osteogenesis imperfecta I (OI)

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Mode of inheritance: AD
Pathology: defective type I collagen
Dominant negative alleles, allele heterogeneity

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Dominant negative effect of OI

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2 Proα1 and one Proα2 chain assemble to form procollagen, and this is interrupted by a defective chain that disturbs the larger structure; cause of Type II (perinatal lethal), Type III (progressive deforming), and Type IV (mildest form)

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Haploinsufficiency of OI-1

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One copy of the gene is not enough to satisfy demand for collagen molecules in tissue; cause of Type I (mild)

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Familial Hypercholesterolemia

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Prevalence: 1/500 (frequent)
Mode of inheritance: AD
Pathology: defective LDL receptor; LDL levels are doubled in heterozygotes and quadrupled in homozygotes
Other: allele heterogeneity

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Dominant inheritance of familial hypercholesterolemia

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Any malfunction in the LDL receptor will cause elevated plasma LDL levels due to the fact that it is a transfer/storage protein and is required for the metabolism of cholesterol

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Gain-of-function mutations in RET gene

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Can render signaling molecule constitutively active, causing Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia (MEN) due to proliferation of neuroendocrine cells; overrides action of wildtype product

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Loss-of-function mutations in RET gene

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Can destroy the molecule’s ability to respond to stimulus, causing Hirschsprung disease due to impairment of colon neuron development; upsets development because of haploinsufficiency

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Barr bodies

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Inactivated X-chromosomes that condense at the periphery of the nucleus; only found in females

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Characteristics of X-linked recessive disorders

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  1. No father-son transmission
  2. Affected boys usually have unaffected parents
  3. Males affected more frequently than girls
  4. Seems to “skip generations”
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)

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Prevalence: 1/3000 (relatively rare)
Mode of inheritance: XR
Pathology: defect in dystrophin
Other: new mutations, large target

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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency

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Mode of inheritance: XR
Pathology: sensitivity to H2O2-generating agents and fava beans
See carbohydrate metabolism for more

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Characteristics of X-linked dominant disorders

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  1. No father-son transmission
  2. All daughters of affected father are affected
  3. Females more frequently affected
  4. Typically lethal in males
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Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON)

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Prevalence: 1/50000 (very rare)
Mode of inheritance: mitochondrial
Pathology: defect on mitochondrial DNA in ND1 gene
Symptoms: deterioration of optic nerve, causing blindness early in adulthood
Other: heteroplasmy

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Heteroplasmy

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Cells contain varying fractions of defective mtDNA molecules in mitochondrial disorders

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Mode of inheritance explained by pedigree

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Use chart from notes

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