autosomal inheritance

autosomal inheritance,

a pattern of inheritance in which the transmission of traits depends on the presence or absence of certain alleles on the autosomes. The pattern may be dominant or recessive, and males and females are usually affected with equal frequency. The majority of hereditary disorders are the result of a defective gene on an autosome. Kinds of autosomal inheritance are autosomal-dominant inheritance and autosomal-recessive inheritance. See also inheritance.

inheritance

1. the acquisition of characters or qualities by transmission from parent to offspring.

2. that which is transmitted from parent to offspring. See also gene, deoxyribonucleic acid and heredity.

Mendelian inheritance is the basis of all genetic practice, but it has limitations in explaining the small differences that occur in a range of offspring of similar and related matings. Galtonian genetics deals specifically with this problem and is better fitted as a tool in population genetics and in dealing with characters that are dependent on a number of chromosomal loci rather than on a single locus.

autosomal inheritance

controlled by genes located on autosomes.

intermediate inheritance

inheritance in which the phenotype of the heterozygote falls between that of either homozygote.

maternal inheritance

the transmission of characters that are dependent on peculiarities of the egg cytoplasm produced, in turn, by nuclear genes.

X-linked inheritance

see x-linked.

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maternal inheritance
X-linked inheritance

Its most common presentation is in the form of sporadic cases, but dominant autosomal inheritance has been described.

Information on Blue Rubber Bleb Nevus by Richard James / Health, general community

Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Autosomal Dominant Macular Degeneration
Autosomal Dominant Macular Dystrophy
autosomal dominant medullary cystic kidney disease
Autosomal Dominant Motor System Degeneration
Autosomal Dominant Neovascular Inflammatory Vitreoretinopathy
Autosomal Dominant Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus
Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy
Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromal Hearing Impairment
Autosomal Dominant Non-Syndromic Hearing Loss
Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy
Autosomal Dominant Optic Atrophy and Cataract
Autosomal Dominant Partial Epilepsy with Auditory Features
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Liver Disease
Autosomal Dominant Progressive External Ophthalmoplegia
Autosomal Dominant Pure Spastic Paraplegia
Autosomal Dominant Retinitis Pigmentosa
Autosomal Dominant Rolandic Epilepsy with Speech Dyspraxia
Autosomal Dominant Sensory Ataxia
autosomal dominant Stargardt-like disease
Autosomal Dominant Striatal Degeneration
autosomal dominant vitreoretinochoroidopathy
autosomal gene

autosomal inheritance