Sunday, November 13, 2011

Chances of passing on disease

If one parent  has the disease, there is a 50% chance that the child will inherit the disease.

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If neither of the parents have the disease, there is no chance that the mutation will be passed on genetically. ** 
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**it is still possible that there will be a mutation in the sperm that can cause the offspring to have the HD disease gene, but this is very rare.  

2 comments:

  1. http://www.brain.riken.jp/labs/cagrds/CAG2_e.html
    http://www.caregiver.org/caregiver/jsp/content_node.jsp?nodeid=574
    http://www.medicinenet.com/huntington_disease/page3.htm

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