Showing posts with label Pedigree. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pedigree. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Mendelian laws also apply to humans

Did you know that a pedigree can be used to trace human genetic heredity? Click here to view an animation of a pedigree of the Queen of England (the part of the family leading up to the Russian Royal House - the Romanovs). You will see how the gene for hemophilia is passed on from one generation to the next.

What type of genetic disorder is hemophilia? Who can be a carrier? Who will be affected by this disease?