The mother has a 50% chance of passing the defective recessive gene to her daughters who will be carries of the disorder (like their mother).
A calcified pancreas is the result of having chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas and commonly occurs in alcoholics.
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Yes, hemophilia is a sex-linked disorder, specifically linked to the X chromosome. It primarily affects males, as they have only one X chromosome; if that chromosome carries the mutation, they will express the disorder. Females, having two X chromosomes, can be carriers of the hemophilia gene without necessarily exhibiting symptoms, as they may have one normal X chromosome that compensates for the defective one.
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It depends on the disorder, but if the child has it and the father doresn't, it most likely means that the disorder was dominant and not recessive. Therefore, the mother would have had to at least have some history of having the disorder.
Bob is diagnosed with multiple phobias and dependent personality disorder in the movie "What About Bob."
One reason a pancreas may shrink has to do with having diabetes. The pancreas may get smaller due to losing the trophic effect of insulin.
You may not necessarily have the disorder, but its carried in you genes. so if you were to have kids or already have then there's the possibility of your off spring having the disorder ...To carry is to have it in your genes
Having more than one personality/anxiety disorder is very common. Having two or more disorders that share some sort of a relationship is called comorbidity. Whatever specific disorders you're asking about, I would do a quick google search on them searching for comorbidity. For example: comorbidity of anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder