Half part Flashcards
(18 cards)
What is genetics?
The study of how traits are passed from parents to their children and why living things look or act differently from each other.
What does medical genetics include?
Inheritance, mapping disease genes, diagnosis, treatment, and genetic counseling
Who is Gregor Mendel?
The father of genetics; he discovered the basic principles of heredity through experiments with pea plants.
What principles did Mendel discover?
- Segregation 2. Dominance 3. Independent assortment
1901 milestone in medical genetics
Dominant inheritance of brachydactyly
1902 milestone in medical genetics
Inborn errors of metabolism
1931 milestone in medical genetics
Cytoplasmic inheritance of mitochondrial DNA
1918 milestone in medical genetics
Anticipation described
1937 milestone in medical genetics
Linkage of color blindness and hemophilia
1955 milestone in medical genetics
Human diploid chromosome number is 46
1970 milestones in medical genetics
Amniocentesis for chromosomal disorders and Tay-Sachs screening
1976 milestone in medical genetics
Human globin genes cloned
1985 milestone in medical genetics
PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) developed
1986 milestones in medical genetics
Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene and cystic fibrosis gene identified
1987 milestone in medical genetics
Predictive genetic testing for Huntington Disease
1988 milestone in medical genetics
Decision to sequence the entire human genome
1991 milestones in medical genetics
Medical genetics became an ABMS specialty; draft human genome sequence
2001 milestone in medical genetics
Human genome sequence completed
