Abstract
Mendelian disorders occur in families with a pattern that reflects the inheritance of a single causative gene. Studies of families with conditions such as cystic fibrosis, Huntington disease and fragile X syndrome reveal a variety of inheritance patterns that reflect the nature of the underlying gene and the causative genetic lesion.
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Kennedy, M. A. (2005). Mendelian Genetic Disorders. In Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1038/npg.els.0003934
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