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  2. List of genetic disorders - Wikipedia

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    The following is a list of genetic disorders and if known, type of mutation and for the chromosome involved. Although the parlance "disease-causing gene" is common, it is the occurrence of an abnormality in the parents that causes the impairment to develop within the child. There are over 6,000 known genetic disorders in humans.

  3. Hereditary peer - Wikipedia

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    Many hereditary peers are associated with famous estates such as Hatfield House; many notable estates are open to the public. The peerage has traditionally been associated with high gentry, the British nobility , and in recent times, the Conservative Party .

  4. How Your High School BFF Could Affect Your Health Decades Later

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    The researchers then analyzed participants’ peers' genetic risk scores based on family history, specifically looking at substance abuse, major depression, and anxiety disorder in adulthood.

  5. Genetic disorder - Wikipedia

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    There are well over 6,000 known genetic disorders, [4] and new genetic disorders are constantly being described in medical literature. [5] More than 600 genetic disorders are treatable. [ 6 ] Around 1 in 50 people are affected by a known single-gene disorder, while around 1 in 263 are affected by a chromosomal disorder . [ 7 ]

  6. Human genetics - Wikipedia

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    Human genetics is the study of inheritance as it occurs in human beings.Human genetics encompasses a variety of overlapping fields including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, population genetics, developmental genetics, clinical genetics, and genetic counseling.

  7. Birth defect - Wikipedia

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    Congenital disorders were initially believed to be the result of only hereditary factors. However, in the early 1940s, Australian pediatric ophthalmologist Norman Gregg began recognizing a pattern in which the infants arriving at his surgery were developing congenital cataracts at a higher rate than those who developed it from hereditary ...

  8. Multifactorial disease - Wikipedia

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    In the last decade, many studies have been generated data regarding genetic basis of multifactorial diseases. Various polymorphism have been shown to be associated with more than one disease, examples include polymorphisms in TNF-a, TGF-b and ACE genes, as well as mutations in BRCA1. BRCA2, BARD1, and BRIP1.

  9. Haemochromatosis type 3 - Wikipedia

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    The prevalence in the ethnic Norwegian population of homozygous and heterozygous inheritance is 0.8% and 12-15% respectively, which makes haemochromatosis one of the most common hereditary diseases in Norway. [5] Type 1 hemochromatosis is one of the most common genetic disorders in the United States, affecting about 1 million people.