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Help please? what is the name of the defect that causes non-inherited genetic diseases?
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Environment: Nature vs. Nurture. If not inherited many environmental insults may cause cancer -- toxins, smoke, radiation, viruses, other infections, inflammation, etc etc etc.
Answered 1/22/2015
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