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At this point, no one can say for certain that autism is even a genetic trait, as the causes are not fully known or understood.
There are certainly some genetic factors that seem to play into whether someone will develop autism, but it isn't as simple as dominant/recessive genes. Environmental factors, diet, vaccines, and other variables have also been suspected as autism causes or triggers.
If it were strictly a genetic disorder, it would be a recessive trait. If it were dominant, the number of people with autism would be much greater. The logic behind that is probably beyond the scope of this question.
What else can I help you with?
What combinations of alleles could produce a trait controlled by a recessive alleles?
recessive + recessive or tt
Is angel man recessive or dominant?
recessive
Is the trait for bleeder's disease dominant or recessive?
Recessive
Why are two recessive alleles needed for a recesssive trait to be shown?
bcoz in case of one dominant and one recessive, dominant allele will express its characters and suppresses the recessive ones. so for the expression of recessive characters both allele should be recessive.
Why wouldn't you see a recessive trait?
You wouldn't see a recessive trait if an individual has one dominant and one recessive allele for that trait. In this case, the dominant allele's phenotype will be expressed, masking the recessive trait. The recessive trait would only be visible if an individual has two copies of the recessive allele.
Is aspergers a dominant or a recessive?
No. Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder
How do you spell Autism ?
autism
Is autism biological?
Biologial. Autism is neurodevelopmental. There are hereditary and genetic ties to autism.
Do jedward have autism?
No, Jedward do not have autism.
Did Kuwait oil fires cause autism?
no it did not cause autism, birth defects cause autism
Does wesley singerman has autism condition?
he does have autism
Can you get autism easily?
No, autism is rare and not contagious.
How many strains of autism are there?
Autism isn't a disease or a virus, thus there are no strains of autism. Autism is just autism, it was previously split up into Autism Spectrum Disorder (Classic Autism), Asperger Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS), childhood disintegrative disorder, and Rett Syndrome - now all are merged under the Autism Spectrum Disorder diagnosis.
Why is Autism located in the brain?
Autism isn't located in the brain, autism is a type of brain. Autism is a neurological variation, we don't say that autism is in the brain in the same way that we don't say that African-American is in the skin.
Is Autism X linked?
Autism is not traditionally x-linked. If it were x-linked dominant, all females of an affected father would have it (since they always get one x from their fathers). If it were x linked recessive, then it would skip a generation and NO male sons of an affected father would have Autism. There is evidence that there is a relation to sex, given the increased ratio of affected boys to girls, but it's a complicated mix of genetic and nongenetic causes (i.e. imprinting of genes, comorbid diagnoses).
What is applied autism?
In years of reading research on autism, I have not encountered the term "applied autism", but the two words could appear together, such as "applied autism teaching techniques".
Do a high percent of Amish and Quakers and Hutterites have autism?
Any isolated genepool will, insofar as its opportunities for hybridization are limited, exhibit nonstandard percentiles for uncommon defects. [THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE "INFERIOR" AS A GROUP.] Whether this will be the case for specific genetic disorders is another question; it depends almost entirely on the inheritance of the individuals from whom the particular group originated. For instance, the set of persons descended from shtetel-dwelling eastern European Jews (Ashkenazim) show a statistically significant occurrence of Tey-Sachs Syndrome, but the Amish do not. Western European royal families (who for many centuries intermarried narrowly) have a high instance of hemophilia, but the Ashkenazim do not. So, whether the Amish have higher rates of autism-spectrum disorders will depend on whether their founding fathers/mothers had the recessive gene therefor, such that its expression as a double-recessive trait becomes more likely with each generation. As to whether the Amish do in fact have such a "recessive pool" for autism in particular...I don't know.
