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Q: Is cystic fibrosis sex or gene linked?
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What type characteristics is cystic fibrosis '?

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Is cf autosomal or sex-linked?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Is cystic fibrosis sex-linked?

CF is a serious and chronic disease of the lungs, it has nothing to do with sex, except that it can affect both males and females.


What is cystic fibrosis gene disorder?

The genes on each chromosome control specific functions of the human body. The gene on chromosome 7 produces a protein called cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator. Mutation in the DNA level of chromosome 7 leads to the absence of this protein which leads to cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is a recessive disease. It means that both copies of the gene must be defective. An affected person will have abnormal cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene on each chromosome 7. Therefore both biological parents must have an abnormal gene. One abnormal copy is inherited from each parent. A person with one normal gene and one abnormal gene is called a cystic fibrosis carrier. Cystic fibrosis carriers do not show any symptoms but they may pass the abnormal gene to their children. Therefore the parents can be either cystic fibrosis carriers or affected themselves.


What condition is carried on a chromosome other then the sex chromosome?

The gene that causes cystic fibrosis is located on chromosome 7, which is an autosome, not a sex chromosome.


A trait which is inherited on sex chromosomes is?

Sex-linked traits have alleles that are passed from parent to child on a sex chromosome.


What part of speech is sex-linked gene?

Sex-linked is an adjective describing the noun gene.


What kind of conditions is carried on a chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes?

Sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis are carried on autosomes (chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes). Probably too many to list . . Right now, off the top of my head, I can think of Down's Syndrome (21st chromosome) and the "cri du chat" (5th chromosome) . . .


Is hemophelia sex influenced or sex-linked?

The gene for hemophilia is sex-linked.


Is having an autosomal sex-linked gene possible?

No, a gene is either autosomal or sex-linked, but never both.


A trait controlled by a gene on the sex chromosome is know as a?

Sex-linked traits


What is allele inherited on sex chromosomes?

Sex-linked gene