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Rancom Notes. “Approximately 2-5% of all live births involve some sort of genetic disorder, amounting to about 30% of hospital pediatric admissions.”. http://www.kumc.edu/biochemistry/bioc800/HuntingGrp/huntingt.htm.
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“Approximately 2-5% of all live births involve some sort of genetic disorder, amounting to about 30% of hospital pediatric admissions.” http://www.kumc.edu/biochemistry/bioc800/HuntingGrp/huntingt.htm
Birth defects are the leading cause of death among infants (0-364 days old).
Eight percent of people who reach age 25 will be diagnosed with a disorder that has a major genetic component.
Single gene disorders account for 3.6/1000 (.36%) autosomal dominant 1.4/1000 (.14%) autosomal recessive 1.7/1000 (.17%) X-linked recessive 0.5/1000 (.05%) Chromosome abnormalities account for 1.8/1000 (.18%) Multifactorial disorders are believed to account for 46.4/1000 (4.64%) Genetic unknown=0.12% Congenital anomalies with a genetic etiology = 2.66% (all congenital anomalies = 5.25%) http://thedoctorwillseeyounow.com/articles/other/genome_4/index.shtml
In 1994, President Clinton signed the DNA Identification Act.
Model of Alzheimer's beta amyloid precursor protein http://www.cabm.rutgers.edu/lab_descriptions/cabmdes_sanderson.html
POLYMORPHISM Existence of two or more alleles at one locus in frequencies too large to be solely explained by recurrent mutation.