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Genetics of biological processes can be divided into 3 main categories:

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  1. Developmental genetics (including genetics of sex)
  2. Oncogenetics
  3. Immunogenetics
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Developmental Genetics:

What us a Totipotent cell?

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Totipotent cell (e.g. fertilized egg): can become any cell and construct a viable organism

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Developmental Genetics:

What us a Pluripotent cell?

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Pluripotent cell (e.g. inner cell mass, epiblast): can become almost any cell type

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Developmental Genetics:

What us a Multipotent cell?

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Multipotent cell (embryonic endo / meso / ectoderm): can become some cell type (from germ layers)

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The use of stem cells (cultured pluripotent cells) can be applied to:

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− Drug development and toxicity test
− Experiments to study development and gene control
− Tissue / cell therapy (e.g. nerve cells, heart cells, pancreatic 􀁅-cells)

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What are *iPS (induced Pluripotent Stem) Cells?

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iPS (induced Pluripotent Stem) Cells: production of pluripotent stem cells from a donor which is undergo
cell programming for stem cell therapy (e.g. nerve cells, heart cells, pancreatic 􀁅-cells)

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Stem Cell Fate:

What are the intrinsic factors the Lineage is influenced by?

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− Asymmetric division

− Uneven distribution of receptors, transcription factors

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Stem Cell Fate:

What are the extrinsic factors the Positional identity is influenced by?

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− Morphogens
− Cell-cell interactions
− Cell-matrix interactions

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What is a Morphogen?

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Morphogen: soluble signaling molecule with concentration gradient in eggs or developing embryos.
Act differently on the same target cell type, depending on their location.

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What are examples for morphogens?

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  • Activin (TGFbeta)
  • Sonic Hedgehog
  • Retinoic Acid
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Sex Determination Genes:

SRY - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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SRY - Anti-Ovary gene.

aka Sex-determining Region of the Y chromosome

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Sex Determination Genes:

RSPO1 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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RSPO1 - anti-Testis

R-spondin1, on chromosome 1

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Sex Determination Genes:

WNT4 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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WNT4 - anti-Testis

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Sex Determination Genes:

SOX9 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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SOX9 - anti-Ovary

found on chromosome 17

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Sex Determination Genes:

Beta-catenin - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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Beta-catenin - anti-Testis

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Sex Determination Genes:

FOXL2 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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FOXL2 - anti-Testis

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Sex Determination Genes:

DAX1 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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DAX1 - anti-Testis

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Sex Determination Genes:

CBX2 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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CBX2 - anti-Ovary

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Sex Determination Genes:

MAP3K4 - Is it anti-Testis or anti-Ovary?

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MAP3K4 - anti-Ovary

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Abnormalities of Sexual Development:

abnormal crossing-over during male gametogenesis (meiosis I) results in either 2 possibilities - what are those?

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Abnormal crossing-over during male gametogenesis (meiosis I) results in:

  • 46 chromosomes XX Male (SRY transfer to X)
  • 46 chromosomes XY Female (SRY loss in Y)
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Abnormalities of Sexual Development:

What is the Androgen Insensitivity syndrome?

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Androgen Insensitivity syndrome: Testosterone receptor mutation, XR.
Female features in XY genotype causes Infertility

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Abnormalities of Sexual Development:

What is the Kallmann syndrome?

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Kallmann syndrome: Mutations in KAL1 gene, Chromosome X (PAR1). Cell adhesion protein deficit, lack of migration leading to loss of smell sense with NO GHRH - failure in gonadal differentiation.

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Abnormalities of Sexual Development:

What are PAR1 and PAR2?

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PAR1 and PAR2
Pseudoautosomal Region of X chromosome. short regions of homology between the mammalian X and Y chromosomes. (Recombine like autosomal).

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Oncogenetics:

What percentage of Tumors arise in a pattern of Mendelian inheritance? (rest being complex trait)

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Tumors with Mendelian inheritance - Less than 10%

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Oncogenetics: | Majority of cancers are caused by mutations in SOMATIC/GAMETES cells?
Somatic cells
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Oncogenetics: | What are Driver mutations?
Driver mutation: confers a selective growth advantage. | Responsible for growth of tumor and influence survivability of the tumor.
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Oncogenetics: | What are Passenger mutations?
Passenger mutation: has no effect on the fitness (i.e. survivability) of a clone.
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What are the 3 most commonly mutating driver genes of tumors?
Driver genes of tumors: - Oncogenes - Tumor Suppressor Genes - Mutator Genes
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The 2 most common mutations in tumors affect: (they occur in > 60% of all cancers)
most common mutations in tumors: − The RAS oncogene − The P53 tumor suppressor gene
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Gain-of-function mutation of a _____________ , which leads to an oncogene.
Gain-of-function mutation of a PROTO-ONCOGENE, which leads to an oncogene.
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Loss-of-function mutation of a ___ ________ gene.
Loss-of-function mutation of a TUMOR SUPPRESSOR gene.
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What is Loss of Imprinting (LOI)?
Loss of Imprinting (LOI): a case of genome hypomethylation, by which a gene is “reactivated”. Loss of the original pattern of imprint, causes abnormal imprinting.
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What is Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH)?
Loss of Heterozygosity (LOH): The loss of one allele of a genetic locus can have multiple possible functional effects including haploinsufficiency, loss of gene expression and being the second ‘hit’ that unmasks (Only) a recessive tumor suppressor gene.
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Immunogenetics: | the heavy chain variable region has three domains - what are those?
V (variable), D (diversity) and J (joining)
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Immunogenetics: | the light chain variable region has 2 domains - what are those?
V (variable), and J (joining)
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Somatic Gene Rearrangement (or Somatic Recombination): When does this happens?
active only during the T-and B-cell | maturation
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Somatic Gene Rearrangement (or Somatic Recombination): | What are the enzymes responsible for DNA splicing? What is the result?
RAG1/2 enzymes give a “mix” of different V-D-J.
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Somatic Gene Rearrangement (or Somatic Recombination): | What is the result of mRNA splicing?
Further rearrangements of V-D-J and switch from the membrane-bound IgM C domain to the soluble IgM C domain.
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Somatic Gene Rearrangement (or Somatic Recombination): | What is the function of Tdt?
TdT (terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase): Recombination can be shifted (frame shift) a few bases in 5' to 3' direction.
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Somatic Hypermutation: | What is it part of?
Affinity Maturation
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Somatic Hypermutation: What is it triggered by?
Activation induced cytidine deaminase (AID), which deaminates cytosine to uracil. This base mismatch, which not repaired by any mechanisms, can result in a number of different mutations.
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Somatic Hypermutation: Immunoglobulin Class Switching - How is it achieved?
DNA splicing (Third time in B cell maturation process)
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Immunogenetics - Role of Epigenetics: Histone modifications and Subsequent chromatin remodeling create a so-called ___________ _____, thus the Ig or TCR regions become accessible by RAG recombinases.
Immunogenetics - Role of Epigenetics: Histone modifications and Subsequent chromatin remodeling create a so-called RECOMBINATION CENTER, thus the Ig or TCR regions become accessible by RAG recombinases.
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Where frequency of Nondisjunction higher: Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis
Oogenesis
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Where frequency of Replication errors higher: Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis
Spermatogenesis
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Where frequency of Crossing over higher: Spermatogenesis/Oogenesis
Oogenesis

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