List of some autosomal dominantly inherited diseases

Autosomal dominantly inherited diseases are caused by mutations in genes that are not on the sex chromosomes. In addition, the person will have the disease even if only one copy of the gene is defective. In this case, there is a 50% chance that the offspring of a person with the disease will be healthy.

The image shows some diseases with autosomal dominant inheritance, such as retinitis pigmentosa or Marfan syndrome.