Interpret the following scenario to distinguish between recessive and dominant forms of inheritance. Two unaffected parents that are heterozygous for a genetic disease have a child with the genetic disease. This form of inheritance follows a recessive form of inheritance.
What is genetic disease?
- A person needs two recessive alleles to display a recessive trait, yet only one dominant allele can express a dominant trait.
- Dominant alleles serve as a cover for recessive alleles.
- When a gene is inherited from only one parent, and a normal gene is inherited from the other parent, the offspring will not have the condition.
- When a gene is inherited from either parent, the offspring will inherit that genetic condition or characteristic.
- Long DNA strands are arranged into genes on chromosomes that code for particular characteristics.
- These particular features can be passed down through the genes as well.
- When present, dominant behavior is always apparent.
- Only when dominant genes are absent does recessive gene expression occur.
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