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Genetic Predisposition is a genetic effect which influences the phenotype of an organism but which can be modified by the environmental conditions. Genetic testing is able to identify individuals who are genetically predisposed to certain health problems.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 13y agoNo, a genetic predisposition means you are more likely to develop certain things due to your family lineage. If your great grandmother, your mother, your uncle, and three of your cousins have Diabetes, you are probably genetically predisposed to develop diabetes. It does not mean that you will, but it means that you should probably take greater care, and monitor your diabetes risk more than a person with no family history of diabetes. It does not only have an affect on disease. It can affect temperament, such as how quick you are to anger, how patient you are with tasks, or depression. It can also effect intelligence and learning capabilities. It just means that you are more likely to inherit certain traits, but it is not a guarantee of anything. A predisposition cannot be depended on.
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∙ 11y agoA genetic predisposition means that something is more or less likely to happen to you because of the genes you have inherited from your parents.
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Is marfan syndrome a genetic disease?
Yes, Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder. It is not a disease. It is caused by a mutation in fibrillin and is an autosomal dominant mutation. This means that if you have a Marfan causing mutation, you have Marfan, and you have a 50/50 chance of passing it on to any children you may have. Severity of Marfan can vary within a family, even though all affected family members have the same mutation. It can not skip generations.
Is recombination mapping and genetic mapping both means same?
Yes, it is the same. Its output is a genetic map with the right order of genes on the chromosome and their distances from each other measured in M (morgans) or cM (centimorgans), which displays the frequency of recombination between two genes.
What do it means When biologists speak of a universal genetic code they are referring to the fact that in nearly all organisms?
RNA specifies proteins the same way.
What is the difference between heritable and congenital disease?
The difference between hereditary and genetic is that hereditary is inherited. Genetic is dealing with cells and genes. hereditary means its coming from the previous generation example grand ma . mom father ,and has to do with health, genetic means its in the genes example as result of back round ancestry makes up your looks hair ,eye color , could be from mixture af all genes of different people grandfathered from way back in the past.
Genetic engineering is possible because all organisms are based on the same?
genetic code
Is Treatment of genetic disease the same as genetic treatment of disease?
no but as I see it treatment of genetic disease is treating a genetic problem as a genetic treatment of a disease is using genetics to stop a certain disease that can be treated with genetics
Can you have a genetic disease if the name of the disease is the same as mine?
Right. About. Here, is where I would give you a very witty answer.. this question had me pondering..
Is pyorrhea or periodontist is the same disease?
I think pyorrhea is the disease, a periodontist is the type of dentist that treats it. My father had it and it seems to be genetic.
If you had a child die from SIDS can your granddaughter have the same problem?
No, SIDS is not a heredity or genetic disease.
Why do some people gets faint on the site of blood sheed?
Hemophobia, the fear of blood, is usually the result of the same thing that causes most phobias, a combination of a genetic predisposition and early trauma.
How is Androgenic alopecia transmitted?
It is sexually transmitted because it is caused by a defect in the gene of a X-chromosome caused by a combination of genetic predisposition and sufficient circulating androgen, but it is unclear as to whether the condition in women is the same as that in men.
What is it called when your dog has diabetes?
The disease is still called diabetes in dogs and it is usually due to many of the same predisposing factors as Type II (adult-onset) diabetes mellitus in humans: overweight, lack of exercise, poor diet, genetic predisposition. Treatment is much the same as well: insulin, regular monitoring of the dog's blood sugar and routine checkups to monitor for the development of secondary conditions such as glaucoma or skin infections.
Is marfan syndrome a genetic disease?
Yes, Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder. It is not a disease. It is caused by a mutation in fibrillin and is an autosomal dominant mutation. This means that if you have a Marfan causing mutation, you have Marfan, and you have a 50/50 chance of passing it on to any children you may have. Severity of Marfan can vary within a family, even though all affected family members have the same mutation. It can not skip generations.
Why are there no carrier states with the dominantly inherited traits?
Everyone who has the genetic error gets the disease, because the bad gene is dominant. There is no such thing as a carrier for a dominant disease. A few dominant genetic diseases like Huntington's disease only cause symptoms later in life, so that people cannot know that they have the disease in early life, but this is not the same as being a carrier: these people actually have the disease.
Why is genetic variation important to living things?
For one, without genetic variation, a species is more likely to face significant danger from disease. In humans there are some diseases that affect a few races more than others, but because of genetic variations, our species as a whole is more likely to adapt to new diseases and survive rather than if everybody had the same predisposition toward a disease.
Is heart disorder means same as heart disease?
Yes it does because it is still the same principle as heart disease, the differences are extreemly minimal.
How does genetic variability help a species to survive?
It helps strengthen the immune system, so that the same disease doesn't kill off the same species over and over again.
