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Autosomal dominant inheritance

In this example, a man with an autosomal dominant disorder has two affected children and two unaffected children.

Inheritance Pattern images: Genetic Abnormalities | autosomal dominant | autosomal recessive | X-linked dominant (affected father) | X-Linked dominant (affected mother) | X-Linked recessive (affected father) | X-Linked recessive (carrier mother) | mitochondrial inheritance | Codominant inheritance | Genogram symbols | Genetics

Links: Spermatozoa | Oocyte | Search Pubmed - autosomal inheritance

Source: Genetics Home Reference. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/illustrations/autodominant

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