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In which direction is DNA replicated and read?

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5’ to 3’ direction

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What forms the backbone of DNA?

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2-deoxyribose

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What forms the backbone of RNA?

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ribose

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What are the bases in DNA?

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ACGT

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What are the bases in RNA?

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ACGU

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How do the bases pair in DNA?

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A - T

G - C

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What is a chromosome?

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DNA stand wound with histones

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How can damage during replication cause disease?

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DNA can be damaged during replication

Usually fixed by repair mechanisms

Defects in repair mechanism cause disease

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What is mitosis?

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Division of diploid parent cell into two identical diploid daughter cells

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What is meiosis?

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Division of one diploid parent cell into 4 heterogenous haploid daughter cells

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Describe meosis.

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DNA replication and recombination

First round of division into two diploid cells

Second round of division into 4 haploid cells

Recombination introduced genetic variation

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What is the difference in structure between RNA and DNA?

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DNA = double stranded

RNA = single stranded

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What is an exon?

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Coding portion of a gene

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What is an intron?

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Non-coding portion of a gene

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What is the high level architecture of a gene?

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Promoter

Exons & Introns

Stop Codon

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What are the processes requires to create a protein from DNA?

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Transcription

Splicing

resulting in mRNA

Translation

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How is the amount of protein produced determined?

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Rate of transcription to pre-mRNA

Rate of splicing to mRNA

Half-life of mRNA

Rate of processing of polypeptide

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How many bases encode an amino acid?

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3

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How are polymorphisms in the human genome defined?

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A variation that has a population frequency of greater than 1%

of

A variation that does not cause a disease in its own right (although it may predispose to a common disease)

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How is a mutation defined?

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A gene change causing a genetic disorder

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Any heritable change in the genome

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What is the difference between classical genetic disease and multifactorial diseases?

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Classical genetic disease

one mutation is sufficient to cause disease

Multifactorial disease

multiple polymorphisms cause a risk of disease

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What process is necessary to allow DNA to be transcribed?

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DNA has to be unpacked

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What is the normal karyotype?

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46 XX

46XY

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What are the parts of a chromosome?

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Telomere

Short arm

Centromere

Long Arm

Telomere

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How can individual chromosomes be recognized?
Banding pattern with specific stains Length Position of centromere
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What are acrocentric chromosomes?
Ones in which the short arm only contains satelite ribosomal genes, tRNAs etc Only the long arm is really important
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What is the difference between balanced and unbalanced chromosome rearrangement?
In balanced chromosomal arrangement all chromosomal material is present In unbalanced chromosomal rearrangement there is either extra or missing chromosomal material, mostly commonly 1 or 3 copies of part of the genome
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What is aneuploidy?
A whole extra or missing chromosome
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What is translocation?
Rearrangement of chromosomes
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What is the karotype of trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome)?
47 XY +21 47 XX +21
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What is a Robertsonian Translocation?
When two acrocentric chromosomes are stuck end to end
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What are the possible genotypes of the offspring of a normal father and a mother with a Robertsonian translocation?
Normal Balanced translocation Trisomy 14 - miscarriage Trisomy 21 - Down Syndrome
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What are the probabilites of having a second child with Down Syndrome?
Primary trisomy 21 - 1% Robertson translocation - higher
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What condition is caused by Trisomy 18
Edward Syndrome
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What condition is caused by 45X karotype?
Turner syndrome
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Why is X chromosome aneuploidy better tolerated?
Because of X inactivation
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Which condition results from the karotype 47 XXY?
Klinefelter syndrom
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What are the reproductive risks of reciprocal translocations?
50% normal chromosome or balanced translocation large unbalanced segments - miscarriage small unbalanced segments - dysmorphic delayed child
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What is FISH used for?
Detect certain segments of DNA on chromosomes
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What type of mutation leads to DiGeorge syndrome?
Deletion | (22q11)
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What role does the HER2 gene play in breast cancer?
It is an oncogene. HER2 amplification can lead to an aggressive form of breast cancer.
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What molecular technique can be used to look a specific loci or chromosomes?
Quantitative PCR
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How do you investigate whether a genetic variation is a polymorphism or a mutation?
Is it de-novo? Has it been reported before? What genes does it delete?
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What is the first line chromosome test?
Array CGH
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What is somatic mosaicism?
When different populations of cells (in different tissue or organs) are genetically distinct. This occurs if recombination occurs during mitosis.
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Give two examples of conditions where gonadal mosaicism is involved.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy Osteogenesis imperfecta
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What type of genes are involved in cancer?
**Tumour supressor genes** (stop cells dividing) **Oncogenes** (start cells dividing)
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What treatment would be used for HER2 amplification?
Trastuzamab
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What treatment would be given for Philadelphia Chromosome (chronic myelogenous leukemia)?
Imatinib
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What is penetrance?
The likelihood of having a disease if you have a gene mutation
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What are Mendelian Disorders?
Diseases predominantly caused by a change in a single gene
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What gene changes can lead to disease?
Chromosome aneuploidies Chromosomal insertions/deletions Subtle chromosome abnormalities Changes in gene sequence Insertion or deletion of a few bases Change of a single base
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What is the effect of a mutation on the promoter sequence
No transcription or reduced transcription resulting in **no or reduced protein**
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What is the effect of a mutation that alters the splice consensus?
Absent or abnormal protein
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What is the result of a base change introducing a new stop codon?
Absent or short protein
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What is the result of a base change altering the amino acid sequence?
Different or non-functional protein
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What are the types of mutation in DNA sequences?
Wild type Stop Missense Insertion Deletion - out of frame Deletion - in frame Triplet expansion
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Is a genetic disease always caused by the same mutation?
No. Mutations in several genes may cause the same disease.
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What are the features of autosomal dominant inheritance?
Disease is seen in all generations 50% risk of affected child Males and females equally likely to be affected Variable disease severity
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How do mutations cause disease?
**Haploinsufficiency** having one working copy of the gene is not enough **Dominant negative** Abnormal protein interferes with normal protein **Gain of function** Mutation activates genes **Loss of heterozygosity**
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What are the features of autosomal recessive inheritance?
Two faulty copies of the gene required to cause disease Often only one generation affected 1 in 4 risk of affected child if parents are carriers Increased likelihood in consanguinous families Usually cause loss of function
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What is the inheritance of phenylketonuria?
Autosomal recessive
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What are the features of X-linked rescessive inheritance?
If the mother is the carrier: Female progeny will be normal or carrier Male progeny will be normal or affected If the father is the carrier: All of male children will be normal **(no male to male transmission)** All female children will be carriers
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Why might a female carrier of an X-linked recessive disease show mild symptoms of the disease?
**Skewed X Inactivation** In female cells, only one X chromosome is active On average, half the cells have the working gene, and half have the affected gene, but this may beome skewed
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How do twin studies inform genetics?
For a disease with a genetic contribution you would expect a monozygotic twin to be affected more frequently than a dizygotic twin
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Give examples of 3 non-Mendelian inheritance patterns
Epigenetic modification of DNA Mitochondrial inheritance Somatic mosaicism
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What is the clinical importance of methylation?
DNA methylation usually occurs on C bases, just before G bases and represses transcription Methylation causes gene silencing in cancer It is a mechanism by which the environment affects gene expression (e.g. starvation during pregnancy)
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What is imprinting?
Differences in gene expression depending on whether a gene is maternally or paternally inherited
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What is Angelman's syndrome?
Disorder of the UBE3A gene on chromosome 15 UBE3A only works in maternal copy (paternal copy is methylated) It can occur if both copies of chromosome 15 are inherited from the father, or if there's a new mutation in the maternal copy.
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What are the features of mitochondrial inheritance?
Rare Maternal transmission only Male and female children equally affected

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