Can Fam Physician. 1988 Apr;34:859-62.
The author reviews the inheritance patterns of diseases or conditions caused by genes at a single locus. The recurrence risk in several common family situations is illustrated for autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, and X-linked inheritance. Patients frequently have difficulty understanding these concepts, and a few examples are provided of problems encountered in genetic counselling.
作者回顾了由单个基因座上的基因引起的疾病或病症的遗传模式。对于常染色体隐性遗传、常染色体显性遗传和 X 连锁遗传,说明了几种常见家族情况的复发风险。患者经常难以理解这些概念,提供了一些遗传咨询中遇到的问题的例子。