Explain the conventions of a family pedigree and predict whether a disease will be passed through a family in one of three modes

Over the years, we’ve seen that some diseases are hereditary. In this outcome, we’ll learn just how some diseases can be passed through a family line.

What You’ll Learn to Do

• Understand why geneticists use pedigrees to track human diseases
• Understand how a pedigree analysis is used to identify the inheritance pattern of a genetic disorder

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this section include the following:

• Pedigrees and Disease
• Pedigree Flowchart
• Genetic Disorder and Pedigrees
• Self Check: Heredity and Disease