Question

Name few Mendelian disorders.

Answer 1

Mendelian Disorders:

1. The mendelian disorder is the term used to describe any type of genetic disorder which arises due to alterations in one gene or due to abnormalities in the genome.
2. Such condition could be congenital and have family ancestry.

Examples of Mendelian Disorders:

A few examples of Mendelian disorders are:

1. Phenylketonuria is a birth defect and causes a build-up of the amino acid, phenylalanine, in the body.
2. Thalassemia is a blood disorder that is caused by a defect in hemoglobin.
3. Sickle Cell Anemia is a disease in which red blood cells take the shape of a sickle lowering the number of healthy blood cells.