JEROMIA G.

LOFAMIA
BIOL21(GENETICS)
BSE 3- BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FEBRUARY 5,2018

PEDIGREE ANALYSIS
Autosomal Dominant

This pedigree shows an autosomal dominant trait or disorder. Autosomal means the gene is on a
chromosome that is not a sex chromosome (X or Y). Not all of the offspring inherited the trait because
their parents were heterozygous and passed on two recessive genes to those that do not show the trait.
None of the offspring of two recessive individuals have the trait. Examples of autosomal dominant
disorders are Huntington’s disease and Marfan syndrome.

Autosomal Recessive
This pedigree is of an autosomal recessive trait or disorder. The completely red square represents a
male that is homozygous recessive and has the trait. All of the half-shaded individuals are carriers; they
do not exhibit the trait because it is recessive, but they could pass it on to their offspring if their partner
is also a heterozygote. Autosomal recessive disorders include cystic fibrosis and Tay-Sachs disease.

Sex-Linked

This pedigree depicts a sex-linked disorder on the X chromosome. Some sex-linked disorders are
dominant, and some are recessive; the pedigree above is of a sex-linked recessive disorder. In this
pedigree, only males have the disorder, but some of the females are heterozygotic carriers who can pass
down the trait even though they do not show it themselves. Colorblindness, hemophilia, and Duchenne
muscular dystrophy are all sex-linked disorders.