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yes , autism is caused by a dominant gene
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Is Huntington's Disease a gene mutation?
No, it's caused by a single point mutation of a gene.
What disease is caused by a dominant allele of a single gene?
Huntington's Disease
What a human genetic disorder caused by a dominant gene is?
Huntington disease
Are blue eyes more dominant then green eyes?
No. They're caused by the same gene.
True False Cystic fibrosis is caused by a mutation that is the dominant allele of a gene?
False.
How come there are no carriers in genetic diseases caused by dominant alleles?
If carried on a dominant allele, you either inherit it- and have the disease- or you don't- and do not have the disease, nor the gene that causes it. If you don't have the gene, you can not pass it to your offspring.
Is it true that a defective allele always recessive and a normal allele always dominant?
No. The gene that causes Huntington's is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation, and one form of inherited Parkinson's is also caused by an autosomal dominant mutation.
Dominant gene plus Dominant gene?
It would be definite that you have that gene or trait.
Is the Huntingtons gene inherited as a dominant or ressisive gene?
It is inherited by a dominant gene.
Is gigantism a dominant or recessive gene?
No, gigantism is not genetic. Gigantism is caused by a malfunction of the growth hormone so it has nothing to do with your parents or grandparents.
When one gene expresses itself over another the former gene is said to be the DNA?
The gene that expresses itself over the other is Dominant. The former gene is recessive.
Is cystics fibrosis is caused by a mutation that is the dominant alle of a gene?
No, cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder.
