Genetics Pedigree Lesson

 A pedigree shows relationships between family members and chooses which individuals have certain genetic pathogenic variants, traits, and diseases within a family as well as vital status.

​​Pedigrees

The ones that are affected are the ones that are colored in, in the pedigree!

affected

The Circles that are in the Pedigree are females and the squares are males

​​Gender

In a pedigree you may see sibiling's and some one of them done have kids or a male in there life

Missing

You may see in some generations when someone has a lot of siblings or kids.

​Too Many

Review

Multiple Choice

What shape is a male?

• Circle

• Square

• Hexagon

• Bike

Multiple Choice

What shape is a female

• Circle

• Square

• Dino

• Hexagon

Multiple Choice

Purpose of a pedigree.

• Too see the traits passed down generation

• To see how much love the wife and husband have

• Too see how many kid's they have

• Dino