Help Me Understand Genetics: Inheriting Genetic Conditions

by U S National Library of Medicine, Lister Hill National Center for Biomedic, National Institutes of Health, et al.

A particular disorder might be described as "running in a family" if more than one person in the family has the condition. Some disorders that affect multiple family members are caused by gene mutations, which can be inherited (passed down from parent to child). Other conditions that appear to run in families are not caused by mutations in single genes. Instead, environmental factors such as dietary habits or a combination of genetic and environmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1545402019
• ISBN13: 9781545402016
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"