Practice - Autosomal Recessive Disorders
Practice Questions
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What is an autosomal recessive disorder?
💡 Hint: Think about the inheritance pattern.
What does it mean to be a carrier for a genetic disorder?
💡 Hint: Consider how the gene pairs are organized.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the required condition for someone to demonstrate an autosomal recessive disorder?
💡 Hint: Think about the inheritance pattern.
True or False: Carriers of an autosomal recessive disorder can show symptoms.
💡 Hint: Consider the definition of a carrier.
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Challenge Problems
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Consider a family in which a parent has cystic fibrosis (genotype ff), and the other is a carrier (genotype Ff). If they have four children, calculate the likelihood of at least one child having cystic fibrosis.
💡 Hint: Think about the probabilities of independent events.
A researcher finds an unusual allele associated with a new autosomal recessive disorder. If two affected individuals have children with a carrier, what might this mean for the inheritance pattern?
💡 Hint: Draw a Punnett square to help clarify the inheritance.
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