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How many protein-coding genes in Human Genome Project
19,000
Mutations affecting ___ cells can be inherited (basis of genetic disease)Mutations affecting ____ cells can result in tumors (usually not inherited/passed along)
GermSomatic
Which type of mutation alters reading of RNA
Frameshift mutations
Fragile X syndrome is what type of mutation?
Trinucleotide repeat mutation
Where are polymorphisms usually found?What are their significance for disease?
NON coding regions (i.e. introns & exons)They are markers
Copy number variation is an example of a ____, therefore, it’s recognized as a ____
polymorphismmarker
Epigentic change is a ___ that reduces/shuts down ____ by:
polymorphismtranslocation (protein synth)methylation of cytosine residues
Which polymorphism controls gene silencing?
Micro-RNA’s
Autosomal ___ disorder will be evident clinically when only one of the chromosomes in the pair (heterozygous) exhibits a mutation
dominant
Majority of automsomal ____ create outward physical changes.Early/late age of onset?Example:
dominantLATE (even though mutant gene is present from birth)Huntington’s Disease
If one of the parents is infected and half the offspring are affected, it’s autosomal ____
dominant
Which disease has nearly 100% penetrance
neurofibramotosis
What is variable expressivity?
Trait is seen phenotypically, but is expressed differently among individuals
De novo mutation:
If a kid has an autosomal disorder and neither of the parents have it
Which is a largest group of mendelian disorders?
Autosomal recessive
For autosomal recessive, do the parents usually show the disease?
NO
Autosomal ___ is when you need a germline from both parents to develop disease
recessive
Autosomal recessive commonly effects enzyme for:
metabolism
For autosomal recessive, the age is onset is ___ in lifeThe expression tends to be ___ uniform and ___ penetrance is common
earliermore uniformcomplete penetrance
X-linked disorders are almost always (dom/rec)If a man inherits an x-linked recessive (almost all are recessive), is he always affected?
RecessiveYES
When lyonization occurs, what is left in the female zygote?What is unfavorable lyonization causes clinical evidence of an _____ disease in a ___zygote.- Example:
Barr bodyx-linked disease in a heterozygote.Ex. hemophilia A
A patient has coarse facial features, clouding of cornea, joint stiffness, and mental retardation. They have _____ which is due to lack of _____. It’s a _______disease
-Mucopolysaccharidoses -Lack of enzyme to degrade mucopolysachharides-Lysosomal Storage Disease
What are some things that come from MULTIFACTORIAL inheritance?Frequency of inheritance:
-Physiologic traits (i.e. height, weight, hair color, BP, etc)-Common diseases (i.e. diabetes, hypertension, gout, schizo)-2-7%
Prevalence of newborns that have a chromosomal abnormality:In as many as __% of 1st trimester spontaneous abortions, the fetus has a chromosomal abnormality
1/20050%