(TERMS) PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE

Question 1

Is a pictorial representation of a family history

Answer 1

Pedigree

Question 2

Also known as propositus (female, proposita). The
person from whom the pedigree is initiated

Answer 2

Proband

Question 3

Mating between closely related people– relatives

Answer 3

Consanguinity

Question 4

If consanguinity is mating between relatives, this is
the degree of relatedness closer than law permits
(Tamarin)

Answer 4

Incestuous

Question 5

involving sexual intercourse between two members
of the same family

Answer 5

Incestuous

Question 6

refers to the appearance in the phenotype of genetically determined traits

Answer 6

penetrance

Question 7

chance of an alelle to be expressed

Answer 7

penetrance

Question 8

it is the degree of penetrance

Answer 8

expressivity

Question 9

if the degree of relatedness is closer than law permits

Answer 9

incestuous

Question 10

suggested by mary lyon states that the barr body(sex chromation) represented an inactive X chromosome

Answer 10

Lyon hypothesis

Question 11

pictorial representation of a family history, essentially a family tree that outlines the inheritance of onr or more characteristics

Answer 11

pedigree

Question 12

carries the gene but does not have the trait

Answer 12

obligate carrier

Question 13

monozygotic

Answer 13

identical twins

Question 14

dizygotic

Answer 14

fraternal twins