Chapter 17, Problem 6TY

Summary Introduction

Introduction: Genetic disorder are caused due to abnormalities in the genome of a person and these disorders are inheritable from the parents to the offspring. Genetic disorders can be autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked dominant, X-linked recessive, Y linked and mitochondrial disorders. For understanding the inheritance of human genetic diseases “Pedigree analysis” is considered the most effective tool and it follows simple Mendelian pattern.