Non- Mendelian Inheritance

Question 1

Examples of Non-Mendelian inheritance

Answer 1

Anticipation - huntington’s disease, myotonic dystrophy, fragile X syndrome

Mitochondrial disease- form of maternal inheritance since all mitochondrial DNA comes solely from the mother

Question 2

Factords affecting the hardy weinberg principle

Answer 2

p2 + 2pq + q2 = 1

p is dominant and q is recessive

Question 3

ideal population

Answer 3

mutations can be ignored

migration is negligible

population size is large

mating is random

there is no selective pressure