When pairs of human 23 and mouse 20 homologs are compared, the genes located on either side also tend to be homologs. This relationship is called synteny

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X-Linked Dominant Trait

a. Both males and females are usually affected; often, more females than males are affected.

b. Does not skip generations. Affected sons must have an affected mother; affected daughters must have either an affected mother or an affected father.

c. Affected fathers pass the trait to all their daughters.

d. Affected mothers (if heterozygous) pass the trait to half of their sons and half of their daughters.

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Y-Linked Trait

a. Only males are affected.

b. Passed from father to all sons.

c. Does not skip generations.

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Cytoplasmic Inheritance

a. Present in males and females.

b. Usually inherited from one parent, typically the maternal parent.

c. Reciprocal crosses give different results.

d. Exhibit extensive phenotypic variation, even within a single family.

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Homoplasmy- All mutated mitochondria

Heteroplasmy- wild type + mutant mitochondria

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Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON)- People who have this disorder experience rapid loss of vision in both eyes, which results from the death of cells in the optic nerve.

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Number of Barr bodies zero in human cells with different complements of sex chromosomes such as XO (loss of one sex chromosome) causes Turner Syndrome.