Is Cystic Fibrosis on the X or Y chromosome?
Is Cystic Fibrosis on the X or Y chromosome? Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease caused by mutations (changes) in a gene on chromosome 7, one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that children inherit from their parents. Cystic fibrosis occurs because of mutations in the gene that makes a protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator). Is fibrosis dominant or recessive? Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that is not inherited solely from the mother or father as in sex-linked disorders. Rather, cystic fibrosis is inherited when an individual receives a mutated copy of the gene associated...