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Intro
Genotype,
Phenotype,
Locus
30  cards
History of Human Genetics
Mendels law of uniformity,
Mendels law of segregation,
Mendels law of independence
16  cards
Recessive Disease 1
Mendelian disease,
Prevalence of mendelian diseases,
Age of expression of major types ...
18  cards
Recessive Disease 2
Sickle cell disease,
Mutation that causes sickle cell ...,
Alpha thalassemia
6  cards
X-Linked Inheritance and Disease
Aneuploidy,
Only autosomal aneuploidy that do...,
Why x aneuploidies dont cause death
20  cards
Autosomal Dominant Conditions
Haploinsufficiency,
Dominant negative mutation,
Hypermorph gain of function
15  cards
Mitochondria and Y-linked Inheritance
Inheritance pattern of y linked t...,
Does the y chromosome show recomb...,
Pseudoautosomal regions of y chro...
10  cards
Cytogenetics
Chromosome ideogram,
Fluorescence in situ hybridizatio...,
Karyogram
12  cards
Gene Identification
General goal of linkage analysis,
How linkage is detected,
Do linked loci segregate independ...
46  cards
Bioinformatics
How illumina sequencing works,
Results of illumina sequencing,
Limitations of illumina sequencing
6  cards
Normal Variation
Estimated human mutation rate per...,
What factor increases mutation rate,
Why mothers dont produce as many ...
19  cards
Complex Traits
Quantitative vs qualitative traits,
Threshold,
Heritability
13  cards
Epigenetics
Dna methylation where it occurs,
Can dna methylation be inherited ...,
Consequences of dna methylation
19  cards
Regulatory Variation
Where most snps identified by gwa...,
How snps in noncoding dna influen...,
Expression quantitative trait loc...
18  cards
Imprinting and Somatic Mutation
Imprinting basics,
When does imprinting occur,
How does imprinting affect transc...
15  cards
Genetic Counseling
Components of a genetic consult i...,
Components of genetic consult est...,
Components of genetic consult ris...
19  cards
Behavioral Genetics
Is correlation of behavioral trai...,
Are monozygotic twins ever perfec...,
What are the most highly heritabl...
6  cards
Therapy for Genetic Diseases
Phenylketonuria treatments,
Mucopolysaccharidosis type 1 hurl...,
Enzyme lacking in mucopolysacchar...
15  cards
Gene Therapy
Advantages of hematopoietic stem ...,
X linked severe combined immunode...,
Ada severe combined immunodeficiency
10  cards
Genetic Epidemiology
Genetic epidemiologist,
Types of disease studied by genet...,
Progression of research in geneti...
6  cards
Cancer
2 ways in which cancer is a genet...,
Genetic cancer risk mendelian or ...,
What makes cancer a multistage ge...
14  cards
Developmental Genetics
Morphogen definition,
How morphogens function,
Homeobox hox genes
5  cards
CRISPR
Discovery of crispr,
Components of crispr system proto...,
Components of crispr system cas9
16  cards
Pharmacogenomics
Adme,
Transporters,
Phase i
11  cards
Human Evolution
Closest living relatives to humans,
Evidence that chimps and bonobos ...,
Traits under recent positive sele...
6  cards
Ethics
Risks of genome being available t...,
Risks of genome being available o...,
Benefits of having healthcare pro...
4  cards

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