Introduction to Medical Inheritance: Patterns in Families - BM5 RCR1

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1. Which of the following is an example of an autosomal dominant disease?

  • Hunter Syndrome
  • Glycogen Storage Disease (type I)
  • Malignant Hyperpyrexia
  • Agammaglobulinaemia (Bruton type)
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2. True or false: Y-linked conditions will affect all sons from an affected father?

  • Mary
  • False
  • True
  • Pass

3. Which of the following is an example of an X-linked disease?

  • Phenylketonuria
  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  • Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

4. Which of the following is an example of an autosomal recessive disease?

  • Kallmann Syndrome
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy
  • Hereditary Spherocytosis

5. What is a 'de novo' mutation?

  • An alteration in a gene that is present for the first time in the offspring as a result of a mutation
  • An autosomal recessive mutation that creates new offspring
  • An X-linked mutation that causes stunted growth
  • A Y-linked mutation that causes stunted growth

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