Chapter 10.2, Problem 5A

Summary Introduction

To determine:

Which of the terms (a) autosomal dominant or (b) autosomal recessive trait, will apply with the case “affected children always have at least one affected parent”.

Introduction:

Autosomal dominant inheritance involves one copy of an allele that is capable for the expression of the trait and the gene is located on autosome, whereas, autosomal recessive traits usually occurred to skip generations and more likely to appear among offsprings of related individuals.