Tourette's+Syndrome-Genetics

Genetics for Tourette's Syndrome
Tourette's Syndrome is a dominantgenetic disorder so the genotypes would have to be either TT or Tt. This is a autosomal dominant disorder which means that the gene that causes Tourette's is on one of the chromosomes #1-22. The gene is not located on the sex chromosomes. This can happen on any of the 1-22 chromosomes, it is not specific to one of them. There has been a study where a boy with Tourette's Syndrome was studied and there was an abnormality on the chromosome #13. After those studies were completed two other children with Tourette's Syndrome were tested and the abnormality was not found on chromosome number 13. [|Genetics Tourette's Syndrome] [|Tourette's Syndrome Genetics]