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The concept of dominance applies only to genetic diseases. Chlamydia is an infectious disease, not a genetic disease. You can be a carrier of chlamydia; that is, you can be infected and capable of passing the infection without having symptoms.

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Who is the main carrier for chlamydia?

Both males and females can have chlamydia. The most common age group to be infected is 15 to 25 years old.


Can a woman get chlamydia even if not sexually active?

if her mother was a carrier of the bacteria then she'll also have it.


Why are there no carrier states with the dominantly inherited traits?

Everyone who has the genetic error gets the disease, because the bad gene is dominant. There is no such thing as a carrier for a dominant disease. A few dominant genetic diseases like Huntington's disease only cause symptoms later in life, so that people cannot know that they have the disease in early life, but this is not the same as being a carrier: these people actually have the disease.


How can you tell if someone is a carrier?

If their genotype contains both a dominant and a recessive allele for a trait.


What genotype is used to describe a carrier?

A carrier for a recessive genetic trait is typically described with a heterozygous genotype, represented as "Aa." In this case, "A" denotes the dominant allele, while "a" represents the recessive allele. The carrier possesses one copy of the recessive allele but does not express the trait associated with it, as the dominant allele masks its effects.


What is being carried by a genetic carrier?

A genetic carrier has a dominant and a recessive version of an allele. Normally, the term genetic carrier is used in relation to genetic illnesses where two copies of the recessive allele cause that illness. Therefore, a carrier does not have the illness themself (as the dominant, non-disease allele is expressed over the recessive allele). However, they have the ability to create an offspring who has the double recessive genotype and therefore has the condition if they mate with another carrier or someone who is double recessive (who has the disease).


What is the scientific name for chlamydia?

Chlamydia trachomatis is the scientific name for the bacteria that causes chlamydia.


Can you contract hpv from tampons?

You can't get chlamydia that way. Chlamydia is transmitted by oral, anal or vaginal sex; by genital-genital contact; or from an infected woman to her child during vaginal birth.


What is a chlamydia probe?

"Chlamydia probe" is a name for a chlamydia swab.


What are the types of chlamydia?

There are three major types of Chlamydia: Chlamydia psittaci, Chlamydia pneumoniae, and Chlamydia trachomatis. Each of these has the potential to cause a type of pneumonia.


Can same sex partners contract chlamydia?

Yes, men can give chlamydia to men and women can give chlamydia to women.Yes, a female can get chlamydia from a female, and a male can get chlamydia from a male


What carrier of a trait controlled by a allele does not express the trait?

A carrier of a trait controlled by a recessive allele possesses one copy of the recessive allele and one copy of the dominant allele. This means that they do not express the trait associated with the recessive allele because the dominant allele masks its effect. However, the carrier can pass the recessive allele to their offspring, who may express the trait if they inherit two copies of the recessive allele.