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Yes Tay Sachs disease is a disease of codominance. If you have one defective form of the Hex-A gene, you will be able to function normally and will not have the disease. This is because you still create enough of the enzyme to function normally but it is only being produced at 50% the rate of someone with two normal Hex-A genes.
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Tay-Sachs disease is a human?
Tay-Sachs disease is a human genetic disorder.
What effect does Tay Sachs disease have on the body?
what effect does Tay-sachs disease have on the body?
What system or part of the body does tay sachs disease affect?
what effect does Tay-sachs disease have on the body?
Can a person with the Tay-Sachs disease live a healthy life?
A person with tay sachs can live a healthy life but still battles the many limitations of Tay sachs disease. Depending on the type of tay sachs, Classic, Juvenile onset, and Late Onset depends how healthy a life a person with tay sachs disease.
How often does Tay-Sachs disease occur in the population?
About 16 cases of Tay-Sachs disease are diagnosed each year.
Recessive disorder that results from the absence of an enzyme required to break lipids down?
tay-sachs disease
Is tay sachs disease sex-linked?
There is no evidence that shows that tay-sachs is a sex-linked trait.
Is tay-sachs a sex-linked disease?
There is no evidence that shows that tay-sachs is a sex-linked trait.
Who discovered the tay sachs disease?
''Tay-Sachs'' was named after Warren Tay, an ophthalmologist who discovered the occurring red spot in the retina in 1881, and Bernard Sachs, who described the cellular changes related to this disease in 1887.
What are other names for tay sachs disease?
Tay-Sachs disease is abbreviated to TSD and is also known as GM2 gangliosidosis or Hexosaminidase A deficiency.
How is Tay Sachs Disease inherited?
A mutation of the HEX A gene of chromosome 15 causes Tay-Sachs disease. As a result, the protein hexosaminidase A is not formed properly and GM2 ganglioside, the lipid normally broken down by hexosaminidase A, accumulates to toxic levels (especially in the brain).
How does Tay-sachs disease differ from an infectious disease such as pneumonia?
Tay-sachs disease differs from an infectious disease because it is a hereditary disease, so it can only be passed from parents to their offspring.
