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X-linked recessive inheritance. X-linked recessive inheritance is a mode of inheritance in which a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome causes the phenotype to be always expressed in males (who are necessarily hemizygous for the gene mutation because they have one X and one Y chromosome) and in females who are homozygous for the gene mutation (see zygosity).
A disease or trait determined by a gene on the X chromosome demonstrates X-linked inheritance, which can be divided into dominant and recessive patterns. The first X-linked genetic disorder described on paper was by John Dalton in 1794, then later in 1910, following Thomas Hunt Morgan 's experiment, more about the sex-linked inheritance was ...
X. X-linked agammaglobulinemia; X-linked complicated corpus callosum dysgenesis; Template:X-linked disorders; X-linked dystonia parkinsonism; X-linked intellectual disability; X-linked recessive chondrodysplasia punctata; X-linked sideroblastic anemia and spinocerebellar ataxia; X-linked spinal muscular atrophy type 2; XMEN disease
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), popularly known as Kennedy's disease, is a rare, adult-onset, X-linked recessive lower motor neuron disease caused by trinucleotide CAG repeat expansions in exon 1 of the androgen receptor (AR) gene, which results in both loss of AR function and toxic gain of function.
The disease is caused by a mutation in UBA1 gene and is passed in an X-linked recessive manner by carrier mothers to affected sons. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Affected babies have general muscle weakness, weak cry and floppy limbs; consequently, the condition is usually apparent at or even before birth.
Menkes disease (MNK), also known as Menkes syndrome, [1] [2] is an X-linked recessive disorder caused by mutations in genes coding for the copper-transport protein ATP7A, [3] leading to copper deficiency. [4] [5] Characteristic findings include kinky hair, growth failure, and nervous system deterioration. Like all X-linked recessive conditions ...
The McLeod phenotype is a recessive mutation of the Kell blood group system. The McLeod gene encodes the XK protein, which is located on the X chromosome, [2] and has the structural characteristics of a membrane transport protein but an unknown function. Absence of the XK protein is an X-linked disease. [3]
The disorder is inherited in an X-linked recessive fashion (as the gene linked to it is on the X chromosome) and is almost entirely limited to the sons of asymptomatic female carriers. [3] This is because males have only one copy of the X chromosome, while females have two copies; one normal copy of an X chromosome can compensate for mutations ...