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Editor's Notes

  1. A quick refresher for the teacher on important terms: Autosomal gene- a gene found on any chromosome except for the sex chromosome. These are chromosomes numbered 1-22. X-linked gene- a gene found on a chromosome designated as a sex chromosome (X or Y). Dominant- Refers to an allele that is expressed phenotypically and masks any recessive counterpart. Recessive- An allele that is not phenotypically expressed when its counterpart is dominant.
  2. The purpose of this presentation is for the students to become familiar with how to use and interpret the pedigree chart. This presentation will illustrate several characteristics of the pedigree chart. Muscular dystrophy will be used as an example throughout this presentation.
  3. A pedigree is a chart of the genetic history of family over several generations. Scientists or a genetic counselor would find out about your family history and make this chart to analyze it. For example, a couple might like to know their chances of having a child that has muscular dystrophy. So the scientists or a genetic counselor would find out who had muscular dystrophy in the mother’s and/or father’s families. This information would be used to and then calculate the probability of the couple having a child with MD.
  4. You must learn the symbols of the pedigree charts before you can start to learn how to interpret it. These are the symbols that represent a male and a female.
  5. Here are examples of symbols that represent relationships between people.
  6. These symbols also represent relationships between people. some may have to each other.
  7. This is just an example of a pedigree and there can be many more different types.
  8. These are examples of different types of symbols. These symbols would be the same for males or for females, except for X-linked carrier which is only used for females. So an affected male would be a square that is filled in completely. A deceased female would be a circle with a diagonal slash.
  9. When interpreting a pedigree chart of a family with a disease like muscular dystrophy, it is important to consider two steps. The first is to determine if the disorder is autosomal or X-linked. If the disorder is X-linked most of the males will have the disorder because the Y-chromosome cannot mask the affects of an affected X-chromosome. A female can have the disorder, but it would be a very low percentage. For a female to be affected, she would have had to receive an affected gene from the mother and the father. This means that the father would have the disorder and the mother was a carrier. In an autosomal disorder, the disorder is not found on the X or Y chromosome. It is found on the other 22 chromosomes in the human body. This means that men and women have an equal chance of having the disorder. The mother and father can be homozygous dominant, heterozygous, and homozygous recessive. If a person is homozygous dominant, the person has two of the same dominant genes. For example if someone is homozygous dominant for being tall it may be represented as TT. Capital letter always represent a dominant gene. If a person is heterozygous, this person would have a dominant trait and a recessive trait. It may be represent as Tt. The dominant gene will mask the recessive gene, so the person is still tall. If a person is homozygous recessive, the person has two of the same recessive genes. For example if someone is homozygous recessive for height, it may be represented as tt. The tt would mean the person is short.
  10. Take a minute and try to decide if this slide is autosomal or X-linked.
  11. It is autosomal because it is 50/50 men to women with the disorder, if it was X-linked most of the men in the diagram would have the disorder. Make sure you count the number of men with the disorder and the number of women with the disorder. In this pedigree, 3 men and 3 women have the disorder.
  12. The second step is to determine if the disorder is dominant or recessive. It is important to find out if a disorder is dominant or recessive. For example, Huntington’s disease is a dominant disorder. If you have only one dominant gene you will have Huntington’s disease, which is a lethal disorder. The disorder does not show up until a person is in their middle ages such as 45. It will quickly decrease their motor skills and the brain will begin to deteriorate. If a disorder is dominant, one parent must have the disorder (either homozygous dominant (TT) or heterozygous recessive (Tt). Both parents do not have to have the disorder . One parent might not have the disorder or be a carrier. If a disease is dominant, it does not skip a generation unless one parent is heterozygous dominant (Tt) and the other parent is homozygous recessive (tt). In this case the child has a chance of not receiving the dominant gene. If the disorder is recessive, a parent does not have to have the disorder, but could still pass it to their offspring. This would happen when a parent is heterozygous recessive (Tt) and passes on the recessive (t) gene. This means this disorder can skip generations. An example of a recessive disorder would be sickle cell anemia.
  13. Is this pedigree dominant or recessive?
  14. It is dominant because a parent in every generation have the disorder. Remember if a parent in every generation has the disorder, the disorder has not skipped a generation. If the disorder has not skipped a generation the disorder is dominant .
  15. Is this pedigree dominant or recessive?
  16. It is recessive because a parent in every generation does not have the disorder. Remember the disorder can skipped a generation if the disorder is recessive. The parents can be heterozygous and be carriers of the disorder but not have the symptoms of the disorder .
  17. This summary will help reiterate the important parts of this lesson. [Created by Lauren Almaguer, CDC Science Ambassador, 2004.]