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A Simple Guide to Genetic Diseases
by Kenneth Kee
Series: A Simple Guide to Medical Conditions, Book 11.
Price:
$2.99 USD.
Words: 4,530.
Language:
English.
Published: November 12, 2012.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Diseases / genetic, Nonfiction » Health, wellbeing, & medicine » Healthcare issues
A genetic disease is a disease caused by a abnormal form of a gene called a variation or a change of a gene called a mutation.
Genetic disorders can be caused
1. by a mutation in one gene (monogenetic disorder)
Monogenetic disorders are relatively rare and are caused by a mutation in a single gene.
The mutation may be present on one or both chromosomes (one chromosome from each parent)