Overview

Marfan Syndrome is an autosomal dominate genetic defect. It affects the Fibrillin-1 gene which is located on the chromosome 15q1.5----q2.1.
Probablility
If neither parent is a carrier of the disease, there is no chance of inheriting Marfan syndrome; but not impossible to have. A mutation of fibrillin-1 will cause marfans syndrome.

If one parent posesses the allele than its 50/50 whether the offspring will portray the phenotype
this is because its a dominate allele. It only takes 1 to posess the phenotype.
If both parents have the phenotype it is a 100 percent chance the offspring will have the phenotype.
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