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Affected Not affected Female Male The idiots guide to pedigree charts Key to alleles D = dominant allele d = recessive allele X D = dominant allele on the X chromosome X d = recessive allele on the X chromosome Y = Allele not carried on the Y chromosome Key to pedigree charts Chris Paine h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/

Idiots guide to analysing pedigree charts

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Affected   Not  affected  

Female  

Male  

The idiots guide to pedigree charts

Key  to  alleles    

D  =  dominant  allele  

d  =  recessive  allele  

XD  =  dominant  allele  on  the  X  chromosome  

Xd  =  recessive  allele  on  the  X  chromosome  

Y  =  Allele  not  carried  on  the  Y  chromosome  

Key  to  pedigree  charts  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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gametes   D   d  

D   DD   Dd  

d   Dd   dd  

A  

B  

A   B  Disease  caused  by  a  dominant  (D)  allele  

look  for  two  affected  parents  producing  a  normal  individual  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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gametes   D   d  

D   DD   Dd  

d   Dd   dd  

A  

B  

A   B  

look  for  two  unaffected  parents  producing  an  affected  individual  

Disease  caused  by  a  recessive  (d)  allele  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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Disease  caused  by  a  dominant  (D)  allele  

in  dominant  diseases    usually  more  than  25%,  by  probability  50%  of  individuals  in  a  pedigree  chart  will  be  affected  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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Disease  caused  by  a  recessive  (d)  allele  

In  recessive  diseases  affected  individuals  oQen  occur  every  other  generaRon    

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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Disease  is  sex-­‐linked  (carried  on  the  X  chromosome)  

most  if  not  all  affected  individuals  will  be  male  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/  

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gametes   Y   Xd  

XD   Y  XD   XDXd  

Xd   Y  Xd   XdXd  

A  

B  

B  A  

Disease  is  sex-­‐linked  (carried  

on  the  X  chromosome)  

females  maybe  affected,  but  only  if  the  male  parent  is  affected  

Chris  Paine          h?ps://bioknowledgy.wikispaces.com/