4. Autosomal dominant inheritance
Every affected person has at least one affected parent
males and females are both affected likely
there is no skipping of generation
affected person typically transmits rates to their
offsprings
5. Autosomal recessive inheritance
Appear only in their siblings, not on their
offsprings parent or other relatives
One fourth siblings are affected
males and females are equally likely to be
affected
6. X-linked dominant
Since females have twice as many X
chromosomes, they exhibit a higher
frequency of trait
affected female will transmit the
genes to half of her offsprings