Mendelian inheritance patterns US Medical PG Flashcards - Medical Study Cards
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Mendelian inheritance patterns Flashcard Deck - 10 Cards
Flashcard 1: What is the mode of inheritance of achondroplasia? _____
Answer: Autosomal dominant
Flashcard 2: If a male has an X-linked recessive disease, all of his daughters will be _____
Answer: carriers
Flashcard 3: If alleles at two loci are inherited equally as expected by chance, the loci are said to be in _____
Answer: linkage equilibrium
Flashcard 4: What is the inheritance of Menkes disease? _____
Answer: X-linked recessive
Flashcard 5: If a disease has an X-linked dominant inheritance pattern, there is NO _____ transmission
Answer: male-to-male
Flashcard 6: There is an increased risk of autosomal recessive diseases in _____ families
Answer: consanguineous
Flashcard 7: What is the mode of inheritance of IPEX syndrome? _____
Answer: X-linked
Flashcard 8: What triplet is associated with Huntington's disease?
Answer: CAG
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Flashcard 9: What triplet is associated with Fragile X syndrome?
Answer: CGG
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Flashcard 10: What triplet is associated with myotonic dystrophy?
Answer: CTG
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