Genetics Basics Flashcards

(37 cards)

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Genomes in human body are

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20000-30000

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2
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Introns /non coding make up

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98.5%

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3
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Homozygous

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Both alleles are same

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4
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Both alleles are different

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Heterozygous

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5
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Example of co-dominant

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ABO blood grouping, HLA

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6
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Which AA is replaced by glutamic acid in Sickle cell anemia?

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Valine, at 6th position

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7
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Example of pleiotropism

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Sickle cell anemia

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8
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Anticipation is

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Severity of disease increases with each succesive generation

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9
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Example of anticipation

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Trinucleotide repeat mutations (fragile X synd)

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10
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2 types of mutations

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Point mutation
Frame shift mutations

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11
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What is point mutation?

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Single loci/nucleotide affected

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12
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3 types of point mutation are

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Silent, missense, non sense mutations

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13
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Example of non sense mutation

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Beta thalassemia

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14
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Sickle cell anemia can be found in which type of point mutation?

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Missense mutation

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15
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Frame shift mutation example

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Beta thalassemia

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16
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Tumor supressing miRNA are good or bad?

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Tumor suppresing miRNA are

18
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Oncogenic miRNA are

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miRNA 155,200

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Oncogenic mirna seen in

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B cell lymphomas

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Epigenetics is reversible or irreversible

22
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Diagnostic techniques for gen did dx

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Cytogenetic techniques and molecular genetic techniques

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Cytogenetic techniques are used for

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Known, large chromosomal defects

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Techniques used in cytogenetic techniques?

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Karyotyping
FISH

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For unknown, small chromosomal defects _____ are used
Molecular genetic techniques
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Karyotyping is usually done in which stage?
Metaphase
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FISH applications
Chromosomal dis (monosomy/aneuploidy/del/trisomy) Translocations (cml) Amplifications (breast cancer)
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Modification of FISH
Spectral karyotyping (5 coloured FISH)
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Gold standard for sequence detection
Sanger sequencing
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If sample is small/ contaminated
Pyro sequencing
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RTPCR is used for
Quantitative analysis
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Which pcr technique is done in trinucleotide repeat mutations?
Amplican length analysis
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Laboratory detection for micro RNA
Bisulphide sequencing Immunoprecipitation assay
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Length of micro RNA
22 nucleotides
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If unknown loci present which pcr technique?
Restriction fragment length analysis
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For known genetic loci present ________ is used
Singe base primer extension
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IOC for detecting known genetic loci
FISH