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4 days ago · Cystic fibrosis (abbreviated CF) is a genetic disorder that causes mucus to build up in certain organs of the body, particularly the lungs and pancreas, resulting in breathing problems, respiratory infections and faulty digestion. Caused by a mutation in a single gene (called CFTR), the disorder is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait ...
3 days ago · v. t. e. A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors). The practice was common in earlier times and continues to be common in some societies today, though in some jurisdictions such marriages are prohibited. [1]
2 days ago · Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material ( renal calculus) develops in the urinary tract. [2] Renal calculi typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. [2] A small calculus may pass without causing symptoms. [2]
2 days ago · Color blindness is basically a recessive condition linked to sex – it is transmitted in the 23 pair of chromosomes, which are spaghetti-like strands packed with genetic info. A normal person will have 23 pair of chromosomes in all cells other than sex cells. Males will have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome in the 23 rd pair of ...
5 days ago · - It also shows that the male and female are equally affected at every generation which means it is autosomal trait because sex-linked affects particular sex only. The correct option is (A) i.e. autosomal dominant trait. Note: In human beings pedigree analysis is used to know the transmission of specific traits because of following reasons:
5 days ago · 50% • Huntington's disease is inherited as an autosomal dominant genetic disorder in humans; the normal allele (h) is recessive to the defective gene (H). Construct a Punnett square for a mother who is heterozygous for Huntington's disease and a father who is homozygous recessive for Huntington's disease.
