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X-recessive disorder pedigree confusing me
This is a pedigree of a family in which bleeder disease, an x-recessive disease, is present. I am asked which marker, A or B, the disease is linked to.
I've asked about this type of problem before: X-...
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Confused with gamete sorting problem
A man has the genotype AaBbCc, in other words he is heterozygous in three uncoupled loci on three different chromosomes. A, B and C are the dominant alleles while a, b and c are the recessive alleles.
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Pedigree problem and type of inheritance [closed]
Please observe the following pedigree and come up with a conclusion as to which type of inheritance is most likely
Now it should be obvious that it's either autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive. ...
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How do I know which alleles the parents have?
I have the following assignment where I am to look at the "tree" (not sure the english word) and assign whether or not they can be autosomal dominant or recessive as well whether they can be X-linked ...
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Bayes theorem for mutations
MEN 2A is a dominant inherited disease caused by a mutation in the RET proto-oncogene.
The probability of being sick when you have the mutation of the RET proto-oncogene varies with age and is assumed ...
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Help reading chromatogram
A genetic variation is found in this chromatogram:
It says that the "reference sequence" is the top line and that I can use the general genetic code to find the reading frame.
I can see that there ...
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Physiological function of CFTR gene product? [duplicate]
I just need a clarification.
If I am to talk about the physiological function of the CFTR gene product? Then what should I do research and talk about?
The only physiological function that I can ...
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How HIV Affects and Its Treatment using Combination Therapy
Can someone please help me with the following questions. I've written my specific questions right after the text question.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus. Its genome is a single (+...
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