Autosomal+Recessive+Genetic+Disorders

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Autosomal Recessive Disorders are genetic disorders which affect the autosomes. Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes (46 total chromosomes). Two of those chromosomes are the sex chromosomes (see sex-linked traits ). The other 22 pairs are the autosomes.

Recessive traits are those that are expressed when the individual organism has two recessive alleles for the given trait. If 'B' represents the dominant allele and 'b' represents the recessive allele, the individual must be homozygous recessive (bb) to inherit the trait. The genotype 'BB' would result in the organism inheriting the dominant trait which is usually the normal or unaffected phenotype. The genotype 'Bb' would also result in the organism inheriting the dominant trait, but in the case of recessive disorgers, the individual would not be considered normal as they carry the potential to pass on the disorder. For this reason, they are referred to as carriers.