Answer to Question #216631 in Genetics for Ket

Question

If from the sick father of an inherited disease and the mother with normal health all the offspring are sick, tell me according to which type of inheritance this disease is transmitted?

Answer 1

Dominant means only one parent needs to pass along the abnormal gene in order to produce the disorder. In families where one parent carries a defective gene, each child has a 50 percent chance of inheriting the gene and therefore the disorder.