2008 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2008. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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How do Genes get passed on to our kids?
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Dale Lea, R.N., M.P.H., C.G.C., F.A.A.N.:
Developing genetics, health education and community involvement programs and resources, and translating genetic and genomic information for the public.
Genes from your parents can get passed on to children in several ways, called patterns of inheritance. A parent can pass on a single, dominant gene mutation that can cause a disease in a child, for example, Huntington disease. Each parent can pass on a recessive gene mutation that can cause a genetic condition such as cystic fibrosis. A parent can also pass on a gene mutation on their X chromosome that can cause a disease in a male such as hemophilia. For more information you can go to the National Library of Medicine www.nlm.nih.gov. |
| Flint Northern Academy in MI (11th grade student) |
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