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Page 1: Explanation of autosomal recessive inheritance

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Passing on genetic information from parents

to childrenAn explanation of autosomal

recessive inheritance

Page 2: Explanation of autosomal recessive inheritance

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• Here are some PowerPoint teaching slides which demonstrate the transmission of an autosomal recessive condition from parent to child, please feel free to use these within your teaching

• Some parts of the animations run automatically; others require a mouse click

• Most slides have notes with further information

Page 3: Explanation of autosomal recessive inheritance

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Hundreds of genes are located on each chromosome (The dark bands on the chromosomes are due to a special staining technique and are not genes as these are too small to see)

The 46 human chromosomes seen down the microscope

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The 46 human chromosomes arranged in their 23 pairs (these are the chromosomes of a normal male)

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Position of particular gene

Chromosomepair

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Has the condition

Unaffected carrier for the

condition

Altered gene Altered gene

Altered geneUsual gene

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Parents

Sperm or eggs

Autosomal recessive inheritance where both parents are carriers

Carrier for the

conditionCarrier for

the condition

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Parents

Sperm or eggs

At conception

Autosomal recessive inheritance where both parents are carriers

Carrier for the

conditionCarrier for

the condition

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Parents

Sperm or eggs

At conception

Autosomal recessive inheritance where both parents are carriers

Carrier for the

conditionCarrier for

the condition

Does not have the condition, non-

carrierCarrier for

the condition

Has the condition

Carrier for the

condition

Page 10: Explanation of autosomal recessive inheritance

Genetics and genomics for healthcarewww.geneticseducation.nhs.uk© 2013 NHS National Genetics and Genomics Education

Centre

This animation is part of a series describing modes of inheritance

To access these and other resources for teaching and

learning genetics, please visit:

www.geneticseducation.nhs.uk


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