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What is cystic fibrosis? how is it inherited?
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CF is recessive: Cystic fibrosis is a disorder passed thru the genes of both parents, silent in the carrier parent & expressed in the affected kid who has inherited an affected gene from both parents.One mutation(delta 509) is the most common but others occur and variations in intensity do occur. The defect produces a variety of serious changes primarily in the lungs and digestive tract impairing life.
Answered 11/29/2014
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