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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.


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.


Cystic fibrosis autosomal dominant?

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by mutations in the CFTR gene. It is not an autosomal dominant condition. Individuals need to inherit two copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent) to have the disorder.


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

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