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Human Genetics Concepts and Applications

Ricki Lewis Genetic Counselor CareNet Medical Group Schenectady, New York

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Medical Education Alden March Bioethics Institute Albany Medical College

Writer, Medscape Medical News

Blogger, Public Library of Science

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HUMAN GENETICS: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, ELEVENTH EDITION

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About the Author Ricki Lewis has built an eclectic career in communicating the excitement of genetics

and genomics. She earned her Ph.D. in genetics in 1980 from Indiana University.

It was the dawn of the modern biotechnology era, which Ricki chronicled in many

magazines and journals. She published one of the first articles on DNA fingerprinting

in Discover magazine in 1988, and a decade later one of the first articles on human

stem cells in The Scientist.

Ricki has taught a variety of life science courses at Miami University, the University

at Albany, Empire State College, and community colleges. She has authored or

co-authored several university-level textbooks and is the author of The Forever Fix:

Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It, as well as an essay collection and a novel .

Ricki has been a genetic counselor for a private medical practice since 1984 and is

a frequent public speaker. Since 2012, Ricki has written hundreds of news stories

for Medscape Medical News, articles for Scientific American and for several genetic

disease organizations, and originated and writes the popular weekly DNA Science

blog at Public Library of Science.

Ricki teaches an online course on “Genethics” for the Alden March Bioethics Institute

of Albany Medical College. She lives in upstate New York and sometimes Martha’s

Vineyard, with husband Larry and several felines. Contact Ricki at rickilewis54@gmail.

com , or join the discussion on DNA Science at http://blogs.plos.org/dnascience/ .

Dedicated to the

families who live with genetic diseases, the

health care providers who help them, and

the researchers who develop new tests

and treatments.

Dedicated to the

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C H A P T E R 12 Gene Mutation 212

C H A P T E R 13 Chromosomes 237

P A R T 4 PP A Population Genetics 263

C H A P T E R 14 Constant Allele Frequencies 263

C H A P T E R 15 Changing Allele Frequencies 279

C H A P T E R 16 Human Ancestry and Evolution 302

P A R T 5 PP A Immunity and

Cancer 326 C H A P T E R 17 Genetics of Immunity 326

C H A P T E R 18 Cancer Genetics and Genomics 351

P A R T 6 P AAP Genetic Technology 374

C H A P T E R 19 Genetic Technologies: Patenting, Modifying, and Monitoring DNA 374

C H A P T E R 20 Genetic Testing and Treatment 389

C H A P T E R 21 Reproductive Technologies 407

C H A P T E R 22 Genomics 425

P A R T 1 PP A Introduction 1

C H A P T E R 1 What Is in a Human Genome? 1

C H A P T E R 2 Cells 15

C H A P T E R 3 Meiosis, Development, and Aging 42

P A R T 2 PP A Transmission

Genetics 68 C H A P T E R 4 Single-Gene Inheritance 68

C H A P T E R 5 Beyond Mendel’s Laws 89

C H A P T E R 6 Matters of Sex 110

C H A P T E R 7 Multifactorial Traits 130

C H A P T E R 8 Genetics of Behavior 148

P A R T 3 PP A DNA and

Chromosomes 163 C H A P T E R 9 DNA Structure and Replication 163

C H A P T E R 10 Gene Action: From DNA to Protein 180

C H A P T E R 11 Gene Expression and Epigenetics 199

Brief Contents

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Contents About the Author iii

Preface ix

Applying Human Genetics xiii

The Human Touch xiv

The Lewis Guided Learning System xv

P A R T 1 Introduction 1 C H A P T E R 1 CC HH

What Is in a Human Genome? 1 1.1 Introducing Genes and Genomes 2

1.2 Levels of Genetics and Genomics 3

1.3 Applications of Genetics and Genomics 7

1.4 A Global Perspective on Genomes 9

C H A P T E R 2 CC HHC Cells 15

2.1 Introducing Cells 16

2.2 Cell Components 16

2.3 Cell Division and Death 28

2.4 Stem Cells 33

2.5 The Human Microbiome 37

C H A P T E R 3 CC HH Meiosis, Development,

and Aging 42 3.1 The Reproductive System 43

3.2 Meiosis 44

3.3 Gametes Mature 47

3.4 Prenatal Development 51

3.5 Birth Defects 59

3.6 Maturation and Aging 62

P A R T 2 Transmission Genetics 68 C H A P T E R 4

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Single-Gene Inheritance 68 4.1 Following the Inheritance of One Gene 69

4.2 Single-Gene Inheritance Is Rare 72

4.3 Following the Inheritance of More Than One Gene 77

4.4 Pedigree Analysis 79

4.5 Family Exome Analysis 83

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C H A P T E R 5 CC HH Beyond Mendel’s

Laws 89 5.1 When Gene Expression Appears to Alter

Mendelian Ratios 90

5.2 Mitochondrial Genes 98

5.3 Linkage 100

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1 2 Matters of Sex 110 6.1 Our Sexual Selves 111

6.2 Traits Inherited on Sex Chromosomes 117

6.3 Sex-Limited and Sex-Influenced Traits 122

6.4 X Inactivation 122

6.5 Parent-of-Origin Effects 124

C H A P T E R 7 CC HH Multifactorial Traits 130

7.1 Genes and the Environment Mold Traits 131

7.2 Polygenic Traits Are Continuously Varying 133

7.3 Methods to Investigate Multifactorial Traits 135

7.4 A Closer Look: Body Weight 142

C H A P T E R 8 CC HH Genetics of Behavior 148

8.1 Genes and Behavior 149

8.2 Sleep 150

8.3 Intelligence and Intellectual Disability 151

8.4 Drug Addiction 152

8.5 Mood Disorders 154

8.6 Schizophrenia 155

8.7 Autism 157

P A R T 3 DNA and Chromosomes 163 C H A P T E R 9 CC HH

DNA Structure and Replication 163 9.1 Experiments Identify and Describe the

Genetic Material 164

9.2 DNA Structure 168

9.3 DNA Replication—Maintaining Genetic Information 170

9.4 Sequencing DNA 176

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10.2 Translation of a Protein 186

10.3 Processing a Protein 192

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12.4 Causes of Mutation 218

12.5 Types of Mutations 221

12.6 The Importance of Position 227

12.7 DNA Repair 229

C H A P T E R 13 CC HH Chromosomes 237

13.1 Portrait of a Chromosome 238

13.2 Detecting Chromosomes 240

13.3 Atypical Chromosome Number 244

13.4 Atypical Chromosome Structure 253

13.5 Uniparental Disomy—A Double Dose from One Parent 258

C H A P T E R 11 CC HH Gene Expression

and Epigenetics 199 11.1 Gene Expression Through Time

and Tissue 200

11.2 Control of Gene Expression 203

11.3 Maximizing Genetic Information 205

11.4 Most of the Human Genome Does Not Encode Protein 206

C H A P T E R 12 CC HH Gene Mutation 212

12.1 The Nature of Mutations 213

12.2 A Closer Look at Two Mutations 214

12.3 Allelic Disorders 217

P A R T 4 Population Genetics 263 C H A P T E R 14 CC HH

Constant Allele Frequencies 263 14.1 Population Genetics Underlies

Evolution 264

14.2 Constant Allele Frequencies 265

14.3 Applying Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium 267

14.4 DNA Profiling Uses Hardy-Weinberg Assumptions 268

C H A P T E R 15 CC HH Changing Allele

Frequencies 279 15.1 Nonrandom Mating 280

15.2 Migration 281

15.3 Genetic Drift 282

15.4 Mutation 286

15.5 Natural Selection 287

15.6 Eugenics 295

C H A P T E R 16 CC HH Human Ancestry

and Evolution 302 16.1 Human Origins 303

16.2 Methods to Study Molecular Evolution 311

16.3 The Peopling of the Planet 314

16.4 What Makes Us Human? 318

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P A R T 5 Immunity and Cancer 326

P A R T 6 Genetic Technology 374

C H A P T E R 17 CC HH Genetics of

Immunity 326 17.1 The Importance of Cell Surfaces 327

17.2 The Human Immune System 330

17.3 Abnormal Immunity 335

17.4 Altering Immunity 341

17.5 Using Genomics to Fight Infection 345

C H A P T E R 19 C HHC Genetic Technologies:

Patenting, Modifying, and Monitoring DNA 374 19.1 Patenting DNA 375

19.2 Modifying DNA 376

19.3 Monitoring Gene Function 382

19.4 Gene Silencing and Genome Editing 384

C H A P T E R 20 CC HH Genetic Testing and

Treatment 389 20.1 Genetic Counseling 390

20.2 Genetic Testing 392

20.3 Treating Genetic Disease 397

C H A P T E R 18 CC HH Cancer Genetics

and Genomics 351 18.1 Cancer Is an Abnormal Growth That Invades

and Spreads 352

18.2 Cancer at the Cellular Level 356

18.3 Cancer Genes and Genomes 360

18.4 The Challenges of Diagnosing and Treating Cancer 369

C H A P T E R 21 CC HHCellMitochondriaMitochondrialDNA Mitochondrion

Mitochondrial DNA = 37 genes

Reproductive Technologies 407 21.1 Savior Siblings and More 408

21.2 Infertility and Subfertility 409

21.3 Assisted Reproductive Technologies 411

21.4 Extra Embryos 419

C H A P T E R 22 CC HH Genomics 425

22.1 From Genetics to Genomics 426

22.2 Analysis of the Human Genome 430

22.3 Personal Genome Sequencing 435

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Human Genetics Touches Us All

When I wrote the first edition of this book, in 1992, I could never have imagined that today, thousands of people would have had their genomes sequenced. Nor could I have imagined, when the first genomes were sequenced a decade later, that the process could take under a day, for less than $1,000. Of course, under- standing all the information in a human genome will take much longer.

Each subsequent edition opened with a scenario of two students taking genetic tests, which grew less hypothetical and more real over time, even reaching the direct-to-consumer level. This new edition reflects the translation of gene and genome testing and manipulation from the research lab to the clinic.

The eleventh edition opens with “ Eve’s Genome ” and ends with “ Do You Want Your Genome Sequenced? ” In between, the text touches on what exome and genome sequencing have revealed about single-gene diseases so rare that they affect only a sin- gle family, to clues to such common and complex condi- tions as intellectual disability and autism. Exome and genome sequencing are also important in such varied areas as understanding our origins, solving crimes, and tracking epidemics. In short, DNA sequencing will affect most of us.

As the cost of genome sequencing plummets, we all may be able to look to our genomes for echoes of our pasts and hints of our futures—if we so choose. We may also learn what we can do to counter our inherited tendencies and susceptibilities. Genetic knowledge is informative and empowering. This book shows you how and why this is true.

Ricki Lewis

Today, human genetics is for everyone. It is about our variation more than about our illnesses, and about the common as well as the rare. Once an obscure science or an explanation for an odd collection of symptoms, human genetics is now part of everyday conversation. At the same time, it is finally being recognized as the basis of medical science, and health care professionals must be fluent in the field’s language and concepts. Despite the popu- lar tendency to talk of “a gene for” this or that, we now know that for most traits and illnesses, several genes interact with each other and environmental influences to mold who we are.

What Sets This Book Apart Current Content The exciting narrative writing style, with clear explanations of concepts and mechanisms propelled by stories, reflects Dr. Lewis’s eclectic experience as a medical news writer, blog- ger, professor, and genetic counselor, along with her expertise in genetics. Updates to this edition include

■ Genetic tests, from preconception to old age ■ Disease-in-a-dish stem cell technology ■ From Mendel to molecules: family exome analysis ■ Allelic diseases: one gene, more than one disease ■ Admixture of archaic and modern humans ■ Gene silencing and genome editing ■ Cancer genomes guide treatment ■ The reemergence of gene therapy ■ Personal genome sequencing: promises and limitations

The transition of genetics to genomics catalyzed slight reorga- nization of the book. The order of topics remains, but material that had been boxed or discussed in later chapters because it was once new technology has been moved up as the “applica- tions” become more integrated with the “concepts.” The book has evolved with the science.