Patterns of inheritance: family trees Pedigree analysis Doctors can use a pedigree analysis chart to show how genetic disorders are inherited in a family.

Mendel’s discovery led to what we now call the principles of inheritance. In this page, you will begin to learn about these principles, which lie at the heart of modern genetic analysis.

Currently, comprehensive analysis of pedigree sequencing data is a labor-intensive process that requires an array of bioinformatics tools (linkage analysis, association tests and variant classifiers).