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What is an autosomal dominant disorder that results in a defective or deficient LDL receptor known as?
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An autosomal dominant disorder that results in a defective or deficient LDL receptor is known as familial hypercholesterolemia. (FH). Most patient with FH do not live beyond 30 without intervention.
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Is huntington disease a autosomal dominant disorder?
Yes
Is huntington disease an autosomal disorder?
Yes. HD is a disease of autosomal dominant inheritance.
Is cystic fibrosis a dominant or co-dominant disorder?
It is autosomal recessive and it is not a disorder! Cystic Fibrosis is a disease.
What category of genetic disorder is huntingtons disease?
Autosomal Dominant
Autosomal dominant genetic disorder?
An autosomal genetic disorder is Huntington's disease.
Is it true that a defective allele always recessive and a normal allele always dominant?
No. The gene that causes Huntington's is caused by an autosomal dominant mutation, and one form of inherited Parkinson's is also caused by an autosomal dominant mutation.
How are autosomal disorders passed down?
the disorder is usually either autosomal recessive or autosomal dominant. they are passed down from the parents to the next generation. autosomal reccessive diseases only are when one parent gives one reccessive allele and the other parent gives the other reccessive allele. A dominant autosomal disorder can be inherited with one or two of the alleles.
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.
What is the meaning of neurofibermatosis?
Neurofibromatosis is an autosomal dominant disorder, which means only one copy of the affected gene is needed for the disorder to develop.
What is an autosomal dominant trait?
When the gene is dominant and the traits are autosomal.
Is cystics fibrosis is caused by a mutation that is the dominant alle of a gene?
No, cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder.
Is Polydactyly autosomal or sex-linked?
autosomal dominant
