Biology Forum › Genetics › Is Hypercholesterolemia Dominant or recessive?

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    • April 22, 2012 at 6:50 am #16385
      MissionCO
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      Hi,

      Is Hypercholesterolemia a dominate disorder or recessive? Thx for any help.

    • April 22, 2012 at 6:59 am #110724
      JackBean
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      I would bet on dominant, because if you have higher expression, then it doesn’t matter, whether it’s from one or two copies. But the difference may be in severity of the disease.

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