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Family pedigree questions are common in USMLE and they frequently make us scratch our heads!
Here's a flow chart that may help ![]() click image to enlarge If you have nice challenging family pedigree questions post your replies to this thread ![]() Last edited by Sabio; 09-09-2009 at 10:29 AM. |
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Nice flowchart!
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Can you believe that I've got a multifactorial disease pedigree!
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Just wanted to share something with you
I have seen a question showing a typical autosomal recessive inheritance and then the correct answer was down syndrome !!! |
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It has been said that Down syndrome due to Roberstonian translocation may follow an inheritance pattern similar to autosomal recessive. This is really a tricky question, but they must hint you about Down in some other ways other than the family pedigree otherwise no genius can answer it. |
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Pretty nice video teaching how to determine the most likely mode of inheritance:
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