autosomal

• “In this case cancer susceptibility is inherited in autosomal dominant manner.”

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• “The diagnosis: A potentially fatal genetic disorder called autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease.”

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• “For most people, the genome consists of one pair of sex chromosomes (XX in women and XY in men) and twenty-two pairs of chromosomes called autosomal, plus mitochondrial DNA, which is something of a separate story.”

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• “If a condition is autosomal dominant, a person who carries one copy of the gene containing a mutation will usually manifest some signs of that condition.”

  Genetics and Alagille Syndrome

• “Alagille syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder, which means someone who carries the Jagged1 gene mutation has a 50 percent chance of passing on that mutation to their child.”

  What Causes Alagille Syndrome?

• “The disorders that mutations in these types of genes cause are called autosomal recessive.”

  Genetics and Alagille Syndrome

• “The mutated gene "dominates" over the normally functioning gene, so it is called autosomal dominant.”

  Genetics and Alagille Syndrome

• “When a person is carrying a mutation in an autosomal dominant gene, each egg or sperm cell has a 50 percent chance of containing the nonfunctioning gene copy and a 50 percent chance of containing the normal copy of the gene.”

  Genetics and Alagille Syndrome

• “This means that in each pregnancy, the fetus has a 50 percent chance of inheriting the autosomal dominant disorder.”

  Genetics and Alagille Syndrome

• “It can test for shared strands of autosomal DNA – meaning any line of ancestry, not just pure matrilineal or patrilineal lines.”

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