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Diagram showing the phenotypes and relationship between members of the family

Pedigree

Family tree that indicates the phenotype of the Trait in question for each member

Pedigree

Analysis of inheritance in human families

Pedigree Analysis

It is possible to predict how the gene controlling the Trait is inherited

Pedigree Analysis

If many similar pedigrees for the same Trait are found

The prediction strengthened

Circles

Females

Square

Males

Diamond

Unknown Sex

In pedigree analysis it allows predictions concerning phenotypes of offspring inhereting a genetic disease

Genetic Counseling

Rarely observed in pedigree analysis

Mendellian ratio

Shaded

Single trait

Half left part is shaded

Heterozygous

What are connected by horizontal lines

Parents

What lines do lead the parents to their offspring

Vertical lines

All such offspring are called

Sibs

Offspring are connected to each other by

Horizontal sibship lines

Sibs are placed from

Left to right

Sibs are placed based on

Birth order

Diagonal lines indicates

Twins

Sibs are labeled with

Arabic numerals

Generations are labeled by

Roman Numeral

Diagonal lines are linked with horizontal line

Monozygotic/ Identical Twins

Twins that is only connected by Diagonal Lines

Dizygotic/Fraternal Twins

Male whose phenotype drew attention of a physician or geneticist

Propositus

Female whose phenotype drew attention of a physician or geneticist

Proposita

Patterns of inheritance

-Dominant


-Recessive

Inherited on chromosome 1-22

Autosomal

Inherited on chromosomes Xand Y

Sex-linked

One allele controls the phenotype

Dominant

Does not control the phenotype

Recessive

Reccesive phenotype is not expressed in

Heterozygotes