U10: PEDIGREE ANALYSIS Flashcards
Genetic counseling was coined by?
Sheldon Reed
Geneticist who advises physician on how to explain heredity to patients with single-gene diseases
Sheldon Reed
Sheldon Reed explained heredity to patients with?
single-gene diseases
Mode of inheritance of single-gene diseases
Autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive
Modern geneticists should have a?
Masterβs degree
Genetic counselors should help patients and families:
understand the i____ p_____ of a specific medical condition
inheritance pattern
Genetic counselors should help patients and families:
interpret g______ t______ results
genetic testing
Genetic counselors should help patients and families:
evaluate?
risk
What skills do genetic counselors have?
medical, scientific, and communication skills
Genetic counseling addresses what issues?
medical, psychological, sociological, ethical
CRISPR stands for?
Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
Reasons for patient to see genetic counselor
- Family history of Cancer
- Family history of multifactorial disease
- Family history of abnormal chromosomes
- Elevated risk of single-gene diseases
Examples of family history of Cancer
BRCA1 gene
Examples of family history of Multifactorial disease
Diabetes Type 2