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Monday, March 14, 2011

Olga and Greg predigee.*

Questions

  1. Do autosomal dominant disorders skip generations?no, they can but its not likely
  2. Could Greg or his mother be carriers of the gene that causes myotonic dystrophy? no, because his mother is over 50 and there is no signs of her having myotonic dystrophy
  3. Is there a possibility that Greg’s aunt or uncle is homozygous for the myotonic dystrophy (MD) gene? yes, because one of his aunt and uncles has this disease 
  4. Symptoms of myotonic dystrophy sometimes don’t show up until after age fifty. What is the possibility that Greg’s cousin has inherited the MD gene?50/50 because the mother has it
  5. What is the possibility that Greg and Olga’s children could inherit the MD gene? no chance because neither of the parents have it.

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