Fact Sheets
A series of 64 Genetics Fact Sheets produced by the Centre for Genetics Education. They can be printed or photocopied for educational purposes.
Associate Professor Kristine Barlow-Stewart - EDITOR
Gayathri Parasivam - EDITOR
Editorial Team
Kate Dunlop
Eleni Mastrocostas
Vicki Reid
Dominic Ross
Mona Saleh
Human Genetics and Patterns of Inheritance
- FS1: Genes and Chromosomes [PDF] [HTML]
- FS2: Genetic Conditions - Overview [PDF] [HTML]
- FS3: Genetic Counselling [PDF] [HTML]
- FS4: Changes to the Genetic Code [PDF] [HTML]
- FS5: Changes That Make A Gene Faulty [PDF] [HTML]
- FS6: Changes to Chromosomes - Number, Size and Structure [PDF] [HTML]
- FS7: Changes to Chromosome Structure - Translocations [PDF] [HTML]
- FS8: Autosomal Recessive Inheritance - Traditional Patterns of Inheritance 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS9: Autosomal Dominant Inheritance - Traditional Patterns of Inheritance 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS10: X-linked Inheritance - Traditional Patterns of Inheritance 3 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS11: Environmental and Genetic Interactions - Complex Patterns of Inheritance 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS12: Mitochondrial Inheritance - Complex Patterns of Inheritance 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS13: Mosaicism - Complex Patterns of Inheritance 3 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS14: X Chromosome Inactivation - Epigenetics 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS15: Genetic Imprinting - Epigenetics 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS16: When Parents are Relatives - Consanguinity [PDF] [HTML]
Genetic testing, screening and prevention
- FS17: Prenatal Testing - Overview [PDF] [HTML]
- FS18: Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis [PDF] [HTML]
- FS19: Folate Before and During Early Pregnancy [PDF] [HTML]
- FS20: Newborn Screening for Genetic Conditions [PDF] [HTML]
- FS21: DNA Genetic Testing - Screening for Genetic Conditions and Genetic Susceptibility [PDF] [HTML]
Genetic technologies and their implications
- FS22: DNA Genetic Testing - Paternity and Forensic Use [PDF] [HTML]
- FS23: Some Ethical Issues in Human Genetics [PDF] [HTML]
- FS24: The Human Genetic Code - The Human Genome Project and Beyond [PDF] [HTML]
- FS25: Pharmacogenetics/Pharmacogenomics [PDF] [HTML]
- FS26: Cloning and Stem Cells [PDF] [HTML]
- FS27: Gene Therapy [PDF] [HTML]
Genetic conditions caused by chromosomal changes
- FS28: Trisomy 21 - Down Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
- FS29: Trisomy 13 - Patau Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
- FS30: Trisomy 18 - Edwards Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
- FS31: Klinefelter syndrome - XXY Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
- FS32: Turner Syndrome - XO Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
Genetic conditions where one or more genes may be contributing
- FS33: Cystic Fibrosis [PDF] [HTML]
- FS34: Thalassaemias and Sickle Cell Disease [PDF] [HTML]
- FS35: Tay-Sachs Disease and Other Conditions More Common in the Ashkenazi Jewish Community [PDF] [HTML]
- FS36: Hereditary Haemochromatosis [PDF] [HTML]
- FS37: Neurofibromatosis Type 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS38: Achondroplasia and Other Short Stature Syndromes [PDF] [HTML]
- FS39: Blood Clotting Conditions (Thrombophilias) - Bleeding Conditions 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS40: Haemophilia - Bleeding Conditions 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS41: Duchenne and Becker Types of Muscular Dystrophy [PDF] [HTML]
- FS42: Fragile X Syndrome [PDF] [HTML]
- FS43: Autism Spectrum Disorders [PDF] [HTML]
- FS44: Huntington Disease -Neurological Conditions 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS45: Alzheimer Disease and Dementia -Neurological Conditions 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS46: Parkinson Disease - Neurological Conditions 3 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS47: Cancer, Genes and Inherited Predisposition Overview - Cancer Genetics 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS48: Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Inherited Predisposition - Cancer Genetics 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS49: Bowel Cancer and Inherited Predisposition - Cancer Genetics 3 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS50: Melanoma and Inherited Predisposition - Cancer Genetics 4 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS51: Prostate Cancer and Inherited Predisposition - Cancer Genetics 5 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS52: Neurofibromatosis Type 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS53: Familial Hypercholesterolaemia - Cardiovascular Disease 1 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS54: Cardiomyopathies - Cardiovascular Disease 2 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS55: Long QT Syndrome - Cardiovascular Disease 3 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS56: Hypertension, Heart Defects and Other Rare Conditions - Cardiovascular Disease 4 [PDF] [HTML]
- FS57: Diabetes Types 1 and 2 and Inherited Predisposition [PDF] [HTML]
- FS58: Mental Illness and Inherited Predisposition - Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder [PDF] [HTML]
- FS59: Neural Tube Defects - Spina Bifida and Anencephaly [PDF] [HTML]
- FS60: Deafness and Hearing Loss - Genetic Aspects [PDF] [HTML]
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