Mendelian Inheritance

Question 1

What type of inheritance is Sickle Cell

Answer 1

Autosomal Recessive

Question 2

What type of inheritance is Cystic Fibrosis

Answer 2

Autosomal Recessive

Question 3

Risk of population being a carrier of Cystic Fibrosis gene

Answer 3

1/25

Question 4

If both parents are carriers what is the probability of child having Cystic Fibrosis

Answer 4

1/4

Question 5

If Parents have child with CF they must both be carriers and so the probability of both of them being carriers is

Answer 5

M= 1 F=1

Question 6

The risk of a child being carrier if their sibling has CF

Answer 6

2/3

Question 7

Risk of someone have CF at birth

Answer 7

1/4

Question 8

What type of inheritance is Achondroplasia

Answer 8

Autosomal Dominant

Question 9

What is the chance of a child inheriting Achondroplasia

Answer 9

1/2 (50%)

Question 10

Achondroplasia is Autosomal Dominant which means what type of transmission occurs

Answer 10

male to male transmission
A man does not transmit his X chromosome to his sons so that an X-linked disorder cannot be passed from father to son. Usually autosomal recessive disorders affect members of only one generation

Question 11

Achondroplasia can be_____

Answer 11

Inherited (not common) or de novo mutation

Question 12

What type of inheritance is Huntington’s Disease

Answer 12

Autosomal Dominant

Question 13

What type of inheritance is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Answer 13

X-linked

Question 14

X-linked transmission

Answer 14

No male to male transmission

X chromosome of Son is inherited from Mother

Question 15

What type of inheritance is Haemophlia

Answer 15

X-linked recessive

Question 16

Inheritance transmission of haemophilia

Answer 16

Males who have a mutant copy of the factor VII gene will always have haemophilia