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The gene that causes hemophilia is located on the X chromosome. A woman who gives birth to a child with hemophilia often has other male relatives who have hemophilia. Sometimes, a baby will be born with hemophilia when there is no known family history. This means the gene can be"hidden"( or passed down through several generations of female carriers without affecting any male members of the family) or the change in the X chromosome is new (a spontaneous mutation).
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∙ 13y agoThe proteins(AKA clotting factors) that help clot the blood are affected in hemophilia. They stop being produced and you can bleed to death.
Hemophilia is located in the X Chromosme.
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Is hemophilia a pattern inheritance?
Hemophilia is a sex linked gene carried in the x chromosome.
Is there treatments for hemophilia?
Gene replacement therapy
Did Stacy Romanov and her sisters have hemophilia?
Grand Duchess ANASTASIA and her sisters were probably carriers of the hemophilia gene but did not suffer from the effects of hemophilia. Males suffer from hemophilia. In rare cases girls do suffer but that is only when both parents carry the mutated gene
What gene or chromosome is mutated in the hemophilia disorder?
There are two types of hemophilia. Type A: A mutation in the factor VIII gene. Type B: A mutation in the IX gene.
What disease are used for gene therapy?
Genetic diseases, such as hemophilia.
Why didnt the two sons of Queen Victoria Alfred and Arthur display hemophilia?
Queen Victoria had four sons Albert Edward Arthur Alfred Leopold The reason why Albert Edward, Arthur and Alfred did not display hemophilia is because they did not have it. Hemophilia is a sex linked gene. Leopold got hemophilia because Victoria carried the gene. She had one healthy X chromosome and an X that had the gene for hemophilia. Leopold got the X with hemophilia and the other boys got the healthy X chromosome
Can you get a test if you are pregnant to see if your child has hemophilia?
It is possible to diagnose Hemophilia in the fetus during pregnancy by demonstrating the abnormal gene.
If you know a woman has hemophilia what can you infer about her parents genetype?
Her father has to have hemophilia as well, and the mother is a carrier or also has hemophilia. So if we pretend that the hemophilia gene is "x", you need to have "xx" to have hemophilia. The father must have the genotype "Yx" and the mother has the have "Xx" or "xx".
What chromosomes has been determined to carry this gene in hemophilia?
the X chromosome
Is a corrected human hemophilia gene industry medicine or agriculture?
medicine
Why Hemophilia more common in male than in female?
The genes associated with Hemophilia A and B are located on the X chromosome, which is one of the 2 sex chromosomes. For males, who have only 1 X chromosome, 1 altered copy of the gene in each cell is sufficient to cause hemophilia. In females, who have 2 X chromosomes, a mutation would have to occur in both copies of the gene to cause hemophilia. Since it is unlikely that females will have 2 altered copies of this gene it is therefor very rare for females to have hemophilia.
A woman is a carrier for hemophilia what are the chances for sons with hemophilia if the father does not have hemophilia?
Since the gene for Hemophilia is carried on the X chromosome and males pass only their Y chromosome onto their sons, no their sons should not have hemophilia. Of course all daughters of a male with hemophilia will be carriers of the mutation since they with receive his X chromosome, not the Y.
