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Usual and Unusual Patterns of Genetics Flashcards

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T or F

Virtually all diseases, except trauma, have a genetic component

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True

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T or F

There is complementary base pairing among bases

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True

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Genes present in human genome that code human proteins

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22000 genes

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T or F

‘Junk DNA’ make up as much as 90 percent of the genome

99.9 bases are exactly the same among people

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True

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Doctor from Italy who impregnated 6 women with clone babies

A hoax

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Dr…

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Cause of diseases

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Variations in genes

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Genetic Risk Factors
Genetic Protective Factors
Environmental Risk Factors

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Interrelation of factors

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Know the sex, preference, lifestyle, predisposition to certain illnesses

Employers will use this information

To a certain extent is true

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Genetic determinism

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T or F

Genes are fixed

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False

Epigenetics
Refer to changes in gene function that occur without changes in gene sequence
Reversible by environmental factors

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How to silence genes?

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DNA methylation

Histone modification

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Gene that dictates mammalian code

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‘Aguti’?

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Low technology tool offering high technology medicine
Not just for genetic disorders
Identify at risk and not at risk
Aids in reaching a correct diagnosis and an accurate prognosis

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Family History

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Taking a Family History

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Ask about early onset preventable diseases
Ask about informative relatives
Record racial and ethnic background
About 2nd degree consanguinity

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Common Red Flags

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Reproductive or prenatal history issues
-sterility, miscarriages
Early or unexpected death
-infantile death
Cognitive and behavioral disorders
Growth and stature disorders
Sensory organ deficits
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Family History

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Provides a pictorial representation of diseases within a family
Tool for making a medical diagnosis
Educating the patient
Distinguishing genetic from other risk factors

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Family Pedigree

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Tongue rolling

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Dominant

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Dangling earlobe

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Dominant

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Confounding factors in recognizing patterns of inheritance

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Variable expressivity

Small paternity size

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Primary explanation for confusion in pedigree explanation

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Non-paternity

To heir is human

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Multiple generations affected

Male to male transmission does occur

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Autosomal dominance

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Autosomal dominant condition
Children will present shortening of the limbs
Midface hypoplasia
Short stature

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Achondroplasia

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Autosomal dominant condition
Towerhead scalp
Premature closure of suture
Supraorbital hypoplasia

Every time the babies cry, their eyes will pop out

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Crouzon Syndrome

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Tall forehead
Deformity of the hands and feet
Have severe mental handicap

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Apert Syndrome

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Tall stature
Very, very thin
Long fingers
Myopia, lens dislocation
Aortic dilation
Autosomal dominant condition
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Marfan Syndrome

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Collagen defect
Skin can be stretched out
Abnormal wound healing

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Ehlers - Danlos Syndrome

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Characteristics of autosomal recessive inheritance

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…

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Sloughing off of the skin
Accelerated turn-over of the skin
Pseudo-amputation

Treatment is retinoic acid

Inherited in autosomal recessive condition

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Harlequin fetus

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Mucopolysaccharides not broken down

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Mucopolysaccharidosis I Hurler

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Children born normal
Urine is maple
First 2 weeks - seizures, coma
Branched chain of amino acids not broken down properly

Included in the Newborn Screening
Concentrated in the Pampanga area

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Maple Syrup Urine Disease

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Lack the enzyme that breaks down milk
Children develop cataracts
Hepatomegaly
Jaundice
E. coli sepsis

Treatment: Soy-based formula

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Galactosemia

Genetically determined so we can’t do anything

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Characteristics of X-linked recessive inheritance

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Higher in males than females

All daughters of affected males will be carriers

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X-linked disorder

Can’t be passed from father to son

Why?

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Men inherit X from mothers

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Waddling gait
Exaggerated lumbar lordosis - compensation for proximal weakness
Pseudo-hypertrophy

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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Born normal looking
Age 3 or 4, develop caveman features
Don’t grow in height
Loss of skills

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Mucopolysaccharidosis II Hunter

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Most common, 1 in 50 individuals
Substances that they should avoid: soy-based, anti-malarial drugs, mongo, blueberries, tofu, soy sauce
Hemolytic crisis

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G6PD Deficiency

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Born normal
Around 30-40, involuntary movements known as dystonia
Parkinsonism
Intact cognition 
Speech becomes unintelligible

Panay
Treatment: Deep braim stimulation

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XDP

X-linked Dystonia Parkinsonism

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Characteristics of X-linked

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…

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Washer woman’s hand
Cause of death is aspiration
Males with this syndrome do not survive

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Rett Syndrome

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Unusual pattern of inheritance
1 in a 1000
Dogs can have

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Oral cleft

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Unusual patterns of inheritance

Prevention: Folic acid, 4 mg at least 1 month prior to conception up to first trimester

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Neural tube defect

Anencephaly

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Mitochondrial inheritance

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Maternal

Mitochondria comes from mothers!

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Heteroplasmy

Homoplasmy

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Myotonic Dystrophy
Fragile X
…

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Triplet Repeat Expansion Disorders

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Macroorchidism of the testicles
Speech delay
Autism

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Fragile X

45
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Only one copy of the gene is expressed

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Genomic imprinting

46
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Walang kabusugan
About 2, obese
Small feet
Grab food from garbage cans, classmates
Uncontrolled obesity

Deleted gene comes from the father

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

47
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Deleted gene comes from the mother
Happy puppet syndrome
Ataxia
Inappropriate laughter

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Angelman Syndrome

48
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Lesch-Nyhan

Kapag dominant kay Mom
Nag-manifest kay Dad

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X linked disease

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