May 17, 2013 Autosomal recessive is one of several ways that a
trait, disorder, or disease can be passed down through families.
An autosomal recessive disorder means two copies of an abnormal
gene must be present in order for the disease or trait to
develop. Back to TopAlternative Names Genetics - autosomal
recessive; Inheritance - autosomal recessive Back to
TopInformation Inheritance of a specific disease, condition, or
trait depends on the type of chromosome affected (autosomal or
sex chromosome) whether the trait is is dominant or recessive.
Genes come in pairs. Recessive inheritance means BOTH genes in a
pair must be defective to cause disease. If a person only has
one defective gene in the pair, they are considered a carrier.
However, they can pass the abnormal gene to their children.
CHANCES OF INHERITING A TRAIT For example, if you are born to
parents who both carry the autosomal recessive gene, you have a
one in four chance of getting the genes from both parents and
developing the disease. You have a