Redirected to: http://whatdnatest.com/genetics/how-genetic-traits-are-inherited/autosomal-Dominant-genetic-inheritance-pattern/ Autosomal Dominant is one of the possible ways that genetic traits can be inherited. In this case, the gene is located in one of the 22 autosomal chromosomes and one copy of the altered allele is enough to develop the altered phenotype (orange color in the figures)