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How can a family pedigree be helpful in determining the probability of having a genetic disorder?
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it is a 50/50 because if you cant get more that 50 % its not
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How can a family pedigree be helpful in determining the the probability of having a child with a genetic disorder?
By showing the history of genetics in the family
What does a genetic counselor construct to show the inheritance pattern of a genetic disorder within a family?
Its a pedigree. A pedigree shows the inheritance of a genetic disorder within a family and can help to determine the inheritance pattern and whether any particular individual has an allele for that disorder.
How is a pedigree?
A pedigree is used to determine whether you are at risk of inheriting a particular genetic disorder.
What does genetic counselor construct to show the inheritance pattern of a genetic disorder within the family?
A Pedigree
In humans the risk of passing on a genetic disorder to offspring can be assessed by?
You could make a pedigree which could identify carriers of a genetic disorder and individuals with the disorder. You could do blood tests to determine whether a person carries a gene for a particular genetic disorder. You could make a karyotype to determine whether there are any chromosomal abnormalities.
What is the probability a woman heterozygous for an x-linked trait will have a son with a genetic disorder if the genetic disorder is recessive?
It will be all about the gains and shreins
What is the probability of a genetic disorder in offspring?
The answer depends on the genes of the parents and further ancestors.
A genetic pedigree showing that only males are affected by a certain disorder is evidence of what type of inheritance?
Sex-linked.
What has the author E A Thompson written?
E. A. Thompson has written: 'Pedigree analysis in human genetics' -- subject(s): Genetic Models, Human genetics, Human population genetics, Medical genetics, Pedigree, Probability, Statistical methods
How can a pedigree be 100 percent accurate about what the genotypes of an offspring will be?
It cannot (unless the parents were homozygous), but it can help predict the odds of having a child with a genetic disorder.
A pedigree chart for color blindness?
a pedigree is a chart to show how genetic disorders are passed on in a generation..color blindness is one of the genetic disorders...
What is a sentence using the word genetic disorder?
i have a genetic disorder
