Newborn babies are tested for cystic fibrosis and ... Inheritance The passing of characteristics determined by genes from parents to offspring. Genotype The combination of alleles in an organism ...

like Huntington’s disease and cystic fibrosis, actually follow Mendelian inheritance patterns. Why can you possess traits neither of your parents have? The relationship of genotype to phenotype ...

Other matched variables included gender, genotype and fibrosis stage. Of the patients, 84% were male. The commonest genotype was genotype 1 (76%[19/25]) followed by genotypes 3, 4 and 6 (12% ...