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Would a disease caused by exposure to chemicals be considered a genetic trait?
A genetic trait is passed on through the genes. Which means that disease from exposure to chemicals is not inherited.
Give an example of why heredity can be a disadvantage to the young?
If the older generation has a disease or sth harmful, it can be passed down to the newer generations, hence causing the young to have that particular disease or abnormality.
A recessive lethal gene exists in a population and remains for several generations Which woman could have passed the recessive lethal allele to offspring but not have the disease herself?
a woman who is heterozygous for the gene
Why is it difficult to cure a human genetic disorder?
It would require changing a person's genes. We can't do that. Yet. Until we do, the genes that gave you the disease will get passed to your children, and THEIR children, etc.
What genetic disease was in Queen Victoria's family?
There are two genetic diseases that were (and are) in Queen Victoria's family. The first one was porphryia which is an autoimmune disease, which was passed on through the Hanoverian line historians believe thanks to Margaret Tudor (the daughter of Henry VIII) The other genetic disease that was in Queen Victoria's family was hemophilia which prevents blood from clotting. It is known that Queen Victoria was a carrier of hemophilia and passed it on to three of her children and at least 6 of her grandchildren and many grandchildren, but it is impossible that she could have carried the gene for both Hemophilia and porphryia (the chance of it happening is the same as the population of the world when she was born.)
Is HIV passed through families?
No. It is not a genetic disease, but an infectious one.
How is Hartnup disease contracted?
The condition is passed on genetically in families. It occurs when a person inherits two recessive genes for the disease, one from each parent
What is sickle cell disease?
Sickle cell anemia is a disease passed down through families in which red blood cells form an abnormal crescent shape. It is also called sickle cell anemia.
How can you get Crohn's disease?
Doctors still are not quite sure how patients develop Crohn's disease, but as many chronic illnesses, they believe it is directly related to a person's genetic structure, and is often passed down through families. However, Crohn's is definitely not contagious.Crohn's Disease can run in families, by genetic or ethnic reasons.
Is huntington's disorder a mutation?
Huntington's disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in the brain waste away, or degenerate. Not a mutation. Amber
Is mental disease is transferable?
Mental illnesses are not contageous, that is they cannot be spread from one person to another. Some mental illnesses have a genetic component which may be passed on in families.
Why is hemophilia famous?
Hemophilia is considered a Royal Disease because..... Queen Victoria of England passed the mutation to her son Leopold and, through several of her daughters, who were married to other royal Families in Europe, including the royal families of Spain, Germany, and Russia.
How is heart disease passed on?
Heart disease is a non communicable disease and cannot be passed on from one person to another by physical contact or other things.
Why is aids a genetic disease?
because it is a disease passed on from dna
When a disease can be passed from person to person its referred as?
An infectious disease.
What does communicable and non-communicable mean?
When speaking of diseases, a communicable disease is one that can be passed from one with the disease to one who doesn't. This is the way colds are passed. A noncommunicable diseasecan not be passed person to person. For example, heart disease. You can not get heart disease from a patient who has it.
Is Rheumatism an infectious disease?
Rheumatism is rheumatoid arthritis and is an immunological disease affecting the bones/joints and is not an infectious disease. It can be genetically passed down through families. It is an extremely painful and debilitating disease with no cure. There are very expensive drugs to help alleviate symptoms. There are no drugs to prevent the disease and no vaccines for this immunological disease. There are some people who believe environmental chemicals or other things cause the disease but that has not been proven.
