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Furdela Victoria MD. Assistant Pediatrics Department #2 GENETICS is the science that deals with heredity and variation in organisms, including the genetic features and constitution of a single organism, species, or group, and with the mechanisms by which they are effected Genetic variations cause inherited diseases Environmental Diseases Genetic Diseases - Infection - Cystic fibrosis - Traumas - Down syndrome - burns - Sickle cell disease - Phenilcetonuriae - Environment Diseases with heredity predisposition - Cardiovascular Disease - DM type 2 - cancer - Genes Gene – basic unit of genetic information. Genes determine the inherited characters. Genome – the collection of genetic information. Chromosomes – storage units of genes. DNA - is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions specifying the biological development of all cellular forms of life 4 Most human cells contain 46 chromosomes: 2 sex chromosomes (X,Y): XY – in males. XX – in females. 22 pairs of chromosomes named autosomes. 5 The colour and structure of our hair is also heredity sister chromatids telomeres centromere unreplicated chromosome replicated chromosome Each chromatid consists of a very long strand of DNA. The DNA is roughly colinear with the chromosome but is highly structured around histones and other proteins which serve to condense its length and control the activity of genes. Centromere A region within chromosomes that is required for proper segregation during meiosis and mitosis. Telomeres Specialized structures at chromosome ends that are important for chromosome stability. •monogene disorders (diseases or traits where the phenotypes are largely determined by the action, or lack of action, of mutations at individual loci); •multifactorial traits (diseases or variations where the phenotypes are strongly influenced by the action of mutant alleles at several loci acting in concert); •chromosomal abnormalities (diseases where the phenotypes are largely determined by physical changes in chromosomal structure - deletion, inversion, translocation, insertion, rings, etc., in chromosome number - trisomy or monosomy, or in chromosome origin - uniparental disomy); •mitochondrial inheritance (diseases where the phenotypes are affected by mutations of mitochondrial DNA); and •Congenital malformations inner organs or parts of body) (congenital defects of 1. 2. 3. 4. Deletion – during cell division, especially meiosis, a piece of the chromosome breaks off, may be an end piece or a middle piece (when two breaks in a chromosome occur). Inversion – a segment of the chromosome is turned 180°, same gene but opposite position Translocation – movement of a chromosome segment from one chromosome to a nonhomologous chromosome Duplication – a doubling of a chromosome segment because of attaching a broken piec form a homologous chromosome, or by unequal crossing over. Down Syndrome KARYOTYPE Single mutant gene has a large effect on the patient Transmitted in a Mendelian fashion Autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, Xlinked, Y-linked Osteogenesis imperfecta - autosomal dominant Sickle cell anaemia - autosomal recessive Haemophilia - X-linked The most common yet still the least understood of human genetic diseases Result from an interaction of multiple genes, each with a minor effect The susceptibility alleles are common Type I and type II diabetes, autism, osteoarthritis What about mapping polygenic disorders? Environment Gene1 Gene 2 Gene 3 Gene 4 PHENOTYPE Polygenic diseases are common Disorder Schizophrenia Asthma Hypertension (essential) Osteoarthritis Type II diabetes (NIDDM) Frequency (%) 1 4 5 5 6 Unrelated affected individuals share ancestral risk alleles Augustinian Monk at Brno Monastery in Austria (now Czech Republic) Not a great teacher but well trained in math, statistics, probability, physics, and interested in plants and heredity. While assigned to teach, he was also assigned to tend the gardens and grow vegetables for the monks to eat. Mountains with short, cool growing season meant pea (Pisum sativum) was an ideal crop plant. 1. The Law of Segregation: Genes exist in pairs and alleles segregate from each other during gamete formation, into equal numbers of gametes. Progeny obtain one determinant from each parent. 2. The Law of Independent Assortment Members of one pair of genes (alleles) segregate independently of members of other pairs. Standard pedigree symbols Male, affected Male, heterozygous for autosomal recessive trait Female, unaffected Female, heterozygous for Autosomal or X-linked recessive trait Male, deceased Mating Consanguineous mating Pregnancy Dizygotic (non-identical) twins Monozygotic (identical) twins Spontaneous abortion or still birth the locus is on an autosomal chromosome and only one mutant allele is required for expression of the phenotype Affected males and females appear in each generation of the pedigree. Affected mothers and fathers transmit the phenotype to both sons and daughters. e.g., Marfan disease. 23 the locus is on an autosomal chromosome and both alleles must be mutant alleles to express the phenotype The disease appears in male and female children of unaffected parents. e.g., cystic fibrosis 25 Affected males pass the disorder to all daughters but to none of their sons. Affected heterozygous females married to unaffected males pass the condition to half their sons and daughters 26 Many more males than females show the disorder. All the daughters of an affected male are “carriers”. None of the sons of an affected male show the disorder or are carriers. e.g., hemophilia If the locus is on the X chromosome and both alleles must be mutant alleles to express the phenotype in females 27 This type of inheritance applies to genes in mitochondrial DNA Mitochondrial disorders can appear in every generation of a family and can affect both males and females, but fathers do not pass mitochondrial traits to their children. E.g. Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) 28 A polygenic phenotype An affected individual with unaffected parents Affected individual joining the family, emphasizing the common nature of the disease No clear inheritance pattern Genetic anamnesis (presents of heredity family diseases, infant death, abortions, fetus death, long barrenness) Dysmorphic signs Low birth weight High morbidity and mortality Mental retardation Ocular and ear defects Skeleton abnormalities Abnormalities of internal organs Example of dysmorphic signs Example of dysmorphic signs Mongoloid eyes Antimongoloid eyes Child with congenital pathology Congenital pathology in one of parents Congenital pathology in relatives Abnormalities of pregnancy It is important to draw the pedigree or family. This method helps to show the number of involved family members, their sexes and ages of onset etc. to determine the type of inheritance and further chances of recurrence of the inherited disorder. Cytogenetic method • This method give us possibility to examine X and У sex chromatin and chromosomes to establish karyotype.