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A hereditary disease is a disease that is passed from one generation to the next through DNA (genes).

It may also be called a genetic disease.

A few examples:

* Huntington's disease * sickle cell anemia * Tay-Sachs disease * Duchenne muscular dystrophy * color blindness

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