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The allele that causes Huntington's disease is dominant. This means that there only needs to be one present in the gene for it to show in the person's phenotype.
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What is a type of degenerative disease cause be a dominant allele?
Huntington's Disease.
Which of the following is an example of an autosomal dominant disease A Huntington's disease and neurofibromatosis type 1 or B Alzheimer's Disease and Heart Disease?
Huntington's Disease
Which are some diseases caused by an autosomal dominant allele?
The following list (thanks to Wikipedia) are diseases caused by an autosomal dominant allele. Familial hypercholesterolemia Polycystic kidney disease Neurofibromatosis type I Hereditary sherocytosis Marfan syndrome Huntington's disease Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer Multiple exostoses
How does allele cause a trait in an organism?
the allele causes a certain type of protein to form-apex
How does allel cause a trait an organism?
The allele causes a certain type of protein to form
What is Lewy Disease?
Lewy Disease is a type of dementia (similar to Alzheimer's) and it has characterics of Parkinson's disease. It causes a type of mental decline.
What type of disease causes marks of ringworm?
ringworm is a which type diseas
What if someone inherits one A allele for blood type and one B allele for blood type what will that person and blood type be?
If someone inherits one A allele for blood type and one B allele for blood type, what will that person's blood type be?
A person receives O allele and an A allele for blood type what is the individual blood type?
type A
How a genetic disease can suddenly appear in a family with no previous history of the disease?
A genetic disease can suddenly appear in a family through spontaneous mutations that occur in the egg or sperm cells of the parents without any prior family history of the disease. These de novo mutations can lead to the disease being present in a child even if neither parent carries the genetic variant.
What does a allele produce?
An allele is a variation or a type of gene
Which type of disease does a pathogen cause infectious or noninfectious?
A pathogen causes infectious disease. For instance, influenza virus is the pathogen that causes flu.
