Biology, 06.06.2021 09:10 jessicannoh5965

A man and a woman are preparing to have a child. The man finds out that his father has Huntington's disease. Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder. The man's
mother does not have Huntington's disease. The man has a sister who does not have
Huntington's disease.
a. Create a pedigree for the family describe. (Be sure to shade individuals affected with
Huntington's disease).
b. List the genotypes on your pedigree.
c. What is the probability that the male has Huntington's disease?
d. If the man has Huntington's disease what is the chance he will pass the disorder to his
child? The mother of the child is unaffected.

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Man´s father → Huntington's disease → DdMan´s mother → Normal → ddMan´s sister → Normal → dd The mother of the child is unaffected → ddMan → Dd → If affected → 50% or 1/2 of probability Man → dd → If not affected Child → Dd → If affected → 50% or 1/2 of probability Child → dd → If not affected

Explanation:

Huntington´s disease is Autosomal and Dominant, which means that by getting only one copy of the altered gene coming from any of the parents, the receiving person will express the disease.

Let us name the dominant allele D and the recessive allele d.

DD or Dd genotypes express the diseasedd genotype expresses the normal phenotype.

Man´s father → Huntington's disease → Dd

Man´s mother → Normal → dd

Man´s sister → Normal → dd

The mother of the child is unaffected → dd

If the sister is normal, dd, means that the father is heterozygous for the trait. The sister inherited a recessive allele from her mother and the other recessive allele must have been inherited from the father, who expresses the disease.

The man has 1/2 of the chances of having the dominant allele because his mother could only pass a recessive allele (100%), and his father could pass either a recessive (50%) or a dominant allele (50%).

If the man inherited the dominant allele from his father, he is heterozygous for the trait, and he has 1/2 of the probability of providing a D allele to the child. The man´s wife is normal, dd, so she can only provide a recessive allele to the child.

Pedigree:

When drawing a pedigree, remember the symbols you need to use

Circles represent femalesSquares represent malesRhombus represents not specified sex (unborn)Full-shaded figures represent affected individualsEmpty figures represent unaffected individuals. Generations are represented with roman numbersIndividuals can be represented with numbers, genotypes, or names

You will find the pedigree in the attached files

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