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The concept of dominance applies only to genetic diseases. Chlamydia is an infectious disease, not a genetic disease. You can be a carrier of chlamydia; that is, you can be infected and capable of passing the infection without having symptoms.
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Who is the main carrier for chlamydia?
Both males and females can have chlamydia. The most common age group to be infected is 15 to 25 years old.
Can a woman get chlamydia even if not sexually active?
if her mother was a carrier of the bacteria then she'll also have it.
Why are there no carrier states with the dominantly inherited traits?
Everyone who has the genetic error gets the disease, because the bad gene is dominant. There is no such thing as a carrier for a dominant disease. A few dominant genetic diseases like Huntington's disease only cause symptoms later in life, so that people cannot know that they have the disease in early life, but this is not the same as being a carrier: these people actually have the disease.
How can you tell if someone is a carrier?
If their genotype contains both a dominant and a recessive allele for a trait.
What type of alleles does a carrier have?
A carrier is heterozygous for a given trait. They would display the dominant trait but still be able to pass the recessive trait to their children.
How is a carrier different from a person who has genetic disorder?
A carrier means that you have the gene for the disorder, but because the gene is recessive (meaning that it only shows when you have two recessive genes) and you obviously have a dominant gene as well, you won't show the disorder. Someone who actually has the disorder has two recessive genes. D = dominant gene r = recessive gene Dr = carrier, no signs rD = carrier, no signs DD = not a carrier, no signs rr = has the disorder
What is being carried by a genetic carrier?
A genetic carrier has a dominant and a recessive version of an allele. Normally, the term genetic carrier is used in relation to genetic illnesses where two copies of the recessive allele cause that illness. Therefore, a carrier does not have the illness themself (as the dominant, non-disease allele is expressed over the recessive allele). However, they have the ability to create an offspring who has the double recessive genotype and therefore has the condition if they mate with another carrier or someone who is double recessive (who has the disease).
What is the most significant aspect of a dominant genetic disease?
You cannot be a carrier of the disease, Either you have it, and offspring can inherit it, or you don't- and it stops there.
Can you contract hpv from tampons?
You can't get chlamydia that way. Chlamydia is transmitted by oral, anal or vaginal sex; by genital-genital contact; or from an infected woman to her child during vaginal birth.
Does Huntington's disease always affect the carrier?
Yes. Since HD is carried on a dominant gene, it is not possible to be a carrer, and not be affected by the disease.
What does it mean to be a carrier?
You're carrying the gene for a genetic defect but you don't have the disorder because one of your paerent had a dominant gene which you received.
What is a chlamydia probe?
"Chlamydia probe" is a name for a chlamydia swab.
