Sentences with phrase «linked mode of inheritance»

Therefore, the disease is limited primarily to male dogs due to the sex - linked mode of inheritance.

Not exact matches

Although the mode of inheritance is recessive, male dogs born from a carrier female require just one copy of the mutation, the other gene linked to the X chromosome from which disease gets its name.

Discovery of genetic links and of the mode of inheritance (simple or complex, dominant or recessive) is the work of researchers, but they must have dogs to study.

Epilepsy in beagles was thought to be homologous to Lafora's disease in man based on the similar findings from histopathological examination 23 and the mode of inheritance was described as autosomal recessive with a sex - linked «suppressor» 4, 5.

The mode of inheritance has been determined to possibly be, autosomal recessive in Keeshonds16, polygenic with one gene of major influence in Belgian Tervurens17, and polygenic recessive in Golden Retrievers.18 Once the mode of inheritance is determined within a breed, we will determine the best technique to try and find a genetic marker linked to epilepsy gene (s) in each breed.

In our study of primary epilepsy, in English Springer Spaniels, Vizslas, and research Beagles the first step will be to determine the mode of inheritance for each breed (simple recessive, simple dominant, sex - linked, or polygenic).