Chapter 21, Problem 1TC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The pedigree chart for autosomal recessive disorder in Section 21. 3 depicts a skip in the generations of affected individual. Is this always case for autosomal recessive disorders. Why or why not.

Introduction:

Autosomal inheritance is the patter of inheritance of any disease that has occurs in the autosomal chromosome in the human. The occurrence of any disorder from autosomal inheritance will affect both males and females equally. The autosomal recessive disorder generally misses the generation and the children are often affected but not their parents.

Pictorial representation:

Fig.1 represents the pedigree chart for autosomal recessive disorder.

Fig.1: Autosomal Recessive disorder.