Examples of Genetic Disorders and Their Inheritance

Question 1

Adult polycystic kidney disease

Answer 1

Autosomal Dominant Disorder

Question 2

Huntington chorea

Answer 2

Autosomal Dominant Disorder

Question 3

Familial hypercholesterolemia

Answer 3

Autosomal Dominant Disorder

Question 4

Marfan syndrome

Answer 4

Autosomal Dominant Disorder

Question 5

Cystic fibrosis

Answer 5

Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Question 6

Phenylketonuria

Answer 6

Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Question 7

Sickle cell anemia

Answer 7

Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Question 8

Tay-Sachs disease

Answer 8

Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Question 9

Fragile X Syndrome

Answer 9

X-linked Dominant Disorder

Question 10

Color blindness

Answer 10

X-linked recessive disorder

Question 11

Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Answer 11

X-linked recessive disorder

Question 12

Hemophilia A

Answer 12

X-linked recessive disorder

Question 13

Anencephaly

Answer 13

Multifactorial Disorders

Question 14

Cleft lip and palate

Answer 14

Multifactorial Disorders

Question 15

Clubfoot

Answer 15

Multifactorial Disorders

Question 16

Myelomeningocele

Answer 16

Multifactorial Disorders

Question 17

Schizophrenia

Answer 17

Multifactorial Disorders

Question 18

Down syndrome

Answer 18

Chromosomal Disorders

Question 19

Monosomy X (Turner Syndrome)

Answer 19

Chromosomal Disorders

Question 20

Polosomy X (Klinefelter syndrome)

Answer 20

Chromosomal Disorders

Question 21

Trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome)

Answer 21

Chromosomal Disorders