Exam questionKROK 1Medicine ยท 2014
A child with a normal karyotype is diagnosed with cleft lip and hard palate, defects of the cardiovascular system, microcephaly. The child's mother suffered rubella during pregnancy. This pathology in the child may be an example of:
Answer options
- Trisomy
- Genocopy
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- Monosomy
- Phenocopy
Correct answer
Genocopy
Explanation
Genocopy refers to a situation when an identical phenotype is produced by two different genes/genotypes.
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