U10: PEDIGREE ANALYSIS

Question 1

Genetic counseling was coined by?

Answer 1

Sheldon Reed

Question 2

Geneticist who advises physician on how to explain heredity to patients with single-gene diseases

Answer 2

Sheldon Reed

Question 3

Sheldon Reed explained heredity to patients with?

Answer 3

single-gene diseases

Question 4

Mode of inheritance of single-gene diseases

Answer 4

Autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive

Question 5

Modern geneticists should have a?

Answer 5

Master’s degree

Question 6

Genetic counselors should help patients and families:

understand the i____ p_____ of a specific medical condition

Answer 6

inheritance pattern

Question 7

Genetic counselors should help patients and families:

interpret g______ t______ results

Answer 7

genetic testing

Question 8

Genetic counselors should help patients and families:

evaluate?

Answer 8

risk

Question 9

What skills do genetic counselors have?

Answer 9

medical, scientific, and communication skills

Question 10

Genetic counseling addresses what issues?

Answer 10

medical, psychological, sociological, ethical

Question 11

CRISPR stands for?

Answer 11

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats

Question 12

Reasons for patient to see genetic counselor

Answer 12

• Family history of Cancer
• Family history of multifactorial disease
• Family history of abnormal chromosomes
• Elevated risk of single-gene diseases

Question 13

Examples of family history of Cancer

Answer 13

BRCA1 gene

Question 14

Examples of family history of Multifactorial disease

Answer 14

Diabetes Type 2