Question 1

is breast cancer autosomal dominant?

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Well...: ...most breast cancers (80-90%) are not related to inherited traits so in those cases your question does not apply.  However, the majority of high risk genes that cause breast and other cancers (like BRCA) are indeed transmitted as autosomal dominant traits.

Question 2

is turner's syndrome dominant or recessive?

Accepted Answer

Neither: Turner syndrome is not usually consider dominant or recessive.  In Turner syndrome the affected individual is missing on sex chromosome.  They only have one which is one X chromosome.  The missing chromosome is usually lost during cell division when the cells are multiplying, it can be an X or a Y missing.  So, Turner syndrome is not usually inherited but an event that happened in the new baby.

Question 3

is angelman syndrome dominant or recessive?

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Neither: Angelman's syndrome doesn't follow simple mendelian genetics.  Rather, it's due to de novo single genetic mutations, translocational errors, chromosomal abnormalities, or more commonly epi-genetic mutations such as changes in dna methylation.

Question 4

is lou gehrig's disease dominant or recessive?

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Neither: 90-90% of case of ALS are not inherited, it occurs at random at its cause is not known. In 5-10% of cases there is a familial form of the disease. In these 5-10% of cases it is usually dominant  (meaning it is only necessary to have one copy of the defective gene) remember however most of the time it is not inherited at all.

Question 5

which is achondroplasia, dominant or recessive?

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Autosomal Dominant: An estimated 90% of cases represent new mutations.

Question 6

i wanted to know is chimerism dominant or recessive?

Accepted Answer

Neither: Chimerism does not have Mendelian transmission.

Question 7

is edwards syndrome dominant or recessive , can it be inherited?

Accepted Answer

Neither : Edward syndrome is an abnormality of chromosome numbers, not a trait or mutation in the gene code. It cannot be inherited as all cases are fatal before reproductive age. During conception only one of chromosome of each pair is given by both parents to the fertile egg.If a parent adds their  2 nbr 18th chm to the other parents nbr 18, 3 end up in the egg & the excess 18 causes the  all the problems.

Question 8

is huntington's disease dominant or recessive?

Accepted Answer

Autosomal dominant: Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant disease.  This means that if a parent has the disease, every child has a 50% chance of inheriting the disease.  There is also anticipation with this disease.  The affected dna is a trinucleotide repeat sequence.  As the sequence increases, the age of onset of the disease is younger.  The number of repeats increases in subsequent generations.

Question 9

hello docs, is achondroplasia dominant or recessive?

Accepted Answer

Autosomal dominant: It is an autosomal dominant disorder. There is high risk of spontaneous mutations. See this site for more info.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001577.htm.

Question 10

is edward's syndrome autosomal or sex-linked? dominant or recessive?

Accepted Answer

None of the above: Edward syndrome is brought on by an abnormality of chromosome numbers, specifically an extra 18. The abnormal egg with a single chromosome 1-17 & 19-22 + x  has a pair of 18's. When the sperm brings a single chromosome 1-22 + x or y then the embryo ends up with 47 chromosomes rather than 46 in every cell.(3-18's) the excess distorts the organ building information  & defects arise.

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