The MMR vaccine protects your child against three viruses: measles, mumps, and rubella (German measles). You can also protect your child against chicken pox with the MMRV vaccine. The MMRV is the same as the MMR, except that it also includes protection against the varicella virus, which causes chicken pox. Some parents get the first dose of the MMR vaccine for their child, and choose the MMRV vaccine for the second dose.
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: Widows peak is caused by a dominant gene, say W. Let's assume the recessive straight hairline gene as w. In your case, your mom's widows peak gene is likely, Ww. Your dad's is ww. You need at least one W to have it expressed, but you need two ww to have straight hairline. Obviously, you inherit the w genes from both your parents, so you have straight hairline.
Ataxia telangiectasia, also known as Louis-Bar syndrome, is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. It is a progressive cerebellar ataxia that usually begins during infancy. It involves progressive loss of coordination in the limbs, head and eyes with a below-normal immune response to infections.s noted above, some forms of the hereditary ataxias are transmitted in a dominant mode, others are transmitted through a recessive mode, and still others are transmitted in an X-linked fashion. This report deals with the disorders transmitted in an autosomal dominant fashion.