Genetic Disorder Project Help Please?!


Question: Genetic Disorder Project Help Please?
My genetic disorder for this project I have to do is called Marfan Syndrome which is a disorder of the connective tissue. For the project I have to answer:
1. Where is it located (I know that, it's located on chromosome 15, gene FBN1)
2. Compare between normal and abnormal chromosome (in my case it's chromosome 15)
3. What's the method of transmission, autosomal or sex-linked, recessive or dominant.
4. What is the effect of the disorder on the phenotype of the individual
5. Who is affected (age, race, gender)
6. What is its environmental influence


I'm having trouble finding the results to these questions though I did find some. Not asking for direct answers, maybe links to help find them? Thanks

Answers:

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http://www.marfan.org/marfan/ A site with lots of links including who is affected and their phenotype
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth… Gives a bit of background
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marfan_synd… As a starting point for further research
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/… A bit of stuff on Autosomal Dominance ;)

Hope that helps!



Its good to know people are actually talking bout marfans




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