Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781259700903
Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 4, Problem 47P
The pedigree that follows shows the inheritance of various types of cancer in a particular family. Molecular analyses (described in subsequent chapters) indicate that with one exception, the cancers occurring in the patients in this pedigree are associated with a rare mutation in a gene called BRCA2.
| a. | Which individual is the exceptional cancer patient whose disease is not associated with a BRCA2 mutation? |
| b. | Is the BRCA2 mutation dominant or recessive to the normal BRCA2 allele in terms of its cancer-causing effects? |
| c. | Is the BRCA2 gene likely to reside on the X chromosome, the Y chromosome, or an autosome? How definitive is your assignment of the chromosome carrying BRCA2? |
| d. | Is the penetrance of the cancer phenotype complete or incomplete? |
| e. | Is the expressivity of the cancer phenotype unvarying or variable? |
| f. | Are any of the cancer |
| g. | How can you explain the absence of individuals diagnosed with cancer in generations I and II? |
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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