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PLEASE ANSWER ALL 3 QUESTIONS 1) A doctor performs exome sequencing on a number

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PLEASE ANSWER ALL 3 QUESTIONS

1) A doctor performs exome sequencing on a number of autistic patients from different families. He uses a database to compare their genomes to those of healthy individuals. What type of exome sequencing is he performing?

Multiple Choice

Twin studies

Trio analysis

Recessive analysis

Multiple unrelated affected subjects

2) What type of treatment might be useful in cases of autism involving mutations in neurexins and neuroligins?

Multiple Choice

Treatments that draw neurons closer together

Treatments that prevent synaptic pruning

Treatments that decrease the interaction between two neurons

Treatments that increase the amount of serotonin in synapses

3) Mood disorders are based in part on genetic factors. Choose the best term to complete each of the following sentences about mood disorders.
1. In the mood disorder called  (Click to select)  major depressive disorder  bipolar disorder  hypomania  , people experience periods of mania.

2. Selecting antidepressants based on genotype is an example of a form of genetic testing called  (Click to select)  pharmacogenetics  exome sequencing  trio analysis  I.Q. testing  .

3. Bipolar disorder with  (Click to select)  mental retardation  muscle dysmorphia  schizophrenia  hypomania  may appear to be depression.

4. Bipolar disorder affects approximately  (Click to select)  20.6  8.6  32.6  2.6  percent of the population.

5. Deficiency of the neurotransmitter  (Click to select)  acetylcholine  serotonin  norepinephrine  dopamine  is considered a likely cause of depression.

Explanation / Answer

1. Recessive analysis

As recessive phenotypes have disease causing variants.

2. Treatment that increase the amount of serotonin on synapses.

3.

1. Bipolar disorder

2. Pharmacogenetics

3. Hypomania

4. 2.6

5. Serotonin

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