Sunday, April 12, 2009

Genetic diseases

Genetic diseases with increased
numbers of trinucleotides
Some important genetically determined diseases
are based on a greater than normal number
of trinucleotides: Huntington disease,
fragile X syndrome, myotonic dystrophy,
spinobulbar muscular atrophy type Kennedy,
and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.

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