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Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by a dominant allele. Describe how Marfan syndrome is inherited.?
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Which chromosome Klinefleter's Syndrome affect?
Klinefelter Syndrome is neither recessive or dominant. It is a chormosome disorder, and is thus not passed down from generation to generation. The disorder is a random even that occurs.
What kind of mutation is triple x syndrome?
Most cases of triple X syndrome are not inherited so it is not a dominant or recessive trait.
Is kleinfelters syndrome recessive?
Kleinfelters is a chromosomal "trisomy" of the sex chromosomes. It is not inherited in a recessive or dominant manner.
Is Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome inherited?
Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that parents of affected individuals are themselves unaffected carriers, and that they have a 25% risk of having an affected child.
Is Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome genetic?
WAS is inherited as an X-linked genetic disorder and will therefore only affect males.
Is marfan syndrome dominant or recessive?
Marfan's Syndrome is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern. This disease is a disorder that affects the connective tissue in many parts of the body.
What are autosomal dominant inherited disorders?
An autosomal disorder is one which is caused by a gene or genes on an autosome - a non-sex chromosome. Dominant means that if one allele for the disorder is present, then the person will have the disorder. For example, if H is the allele for Huntington's disease and a person has Hh - they will have the disease. Examples of autosomal dominant disorders are; Huntington's disease, Romano-Ward syndrome, Timothy syndrome and Jackson-Weiss syndrome.
Lesh-nyhan syndrome how does it inherited?
Lesh-Nyhan syndrome is inherited as a sex-linked recessive disorder.
Is twin to twin tranfusion syndrome genetically inherited?
NO, it is a rare disorder of the placenta.
Is Asperger's Syndrome communicable?
No, Asperger's Syndrome is not communicable. You cannot "catch" it from another person.
Is Williams syndrome dominant or recessive?
it is rarely inherited, and is often spontaneous. but when inherited, it is considered autosomal dominant condition and is usually passed down from someone with the condition to all of their offspring
Which chromosome Klinefleter's Syndrome affect?
Klinefelter Syndrome is neither recessive or dominant. It is a chormosome disorder, and is thus not passed down from generation to generation. The disorder is a random even that occurs.
Can you catch the Marfan Syndrome from somebody the way you can catch the flu?
No, Marfan Syndrome is an inherited disorder of connective tissue. It is not an infectious disease.
What kind of mutation is triple x syndrome?
Most cases of triple X syndrome are not inherited so it is not a dominant or recessive trait.
Is kleinfelters syndrome recessive?
Kleinfelters is a chromosomal "trisomy" of the sex chromosomes. It is not inherited in a recessive or dominant manner.
Is apert syndrome dominant or recessive?
Recessive, but dominant in some rare cases.
Is Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome inherited?
Bassen-Kornzweig syndrome is inherited as an autosomal recessive disorder, which means that parents of affected individuals are themselves unaffected carriers, and that they have a 25% risk of having an affected child.
