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Yes, cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease.

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What types of disease is cystic fibrosis?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease. A+ neuromuscular disease


Is cystic fibrosis a dominant or co-dominant disorder?

It is autosomal recessive and it is not a disorder! Cystic Fibrosis is a disease.


Is cystic fibrosis viral?

No. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Which type of disesase is cystic fibrosis?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Is cf autosomal or sex-linked?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Cystic fibrosis is it monosomy 21?

No. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations found on chromosome 7.


What term describes the inheritence cystic fibrosis?

The term that best describes the inheritance of cystic fibrosis is that it is genetic. Cystic fibrosis is caused by recessive alleles. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Is cystic fibrosis carried on a dominant of recessive gene?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


What term describes the inheritance if cystic fibrosis?

The term that best describes the inheritance of cystic fibrosis is that it is genetic. Cystic fibrosis is caused by recessive alleles. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disease.


Cystic fibrosis autosomal dominant?

hey I'm not positive but I believe that Cystic Fibrosis is autosomal. My reasonning for this is that there seems to be an equal number of females that have cystic fibrosis as there are males. I AM NOT POSITIVE.


Will the offspring have cystic fibrosis if the mother is FF and father is Ff?

No. Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease. Each parent would have to be a carrier of a CF mutation and would be Cc.


Can you carry the defective gene but not suffer from the disease cystic fibrosis?

Yes, because it is "autosomal recessive hereditary disorder".