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What are the chances of passing on a permutation gene of huntingtons? 50/50? anyone know a good website with statics research about the pre-mutation?
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50:50: Here is a website with good information and references about huntington's disease: http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/books/nbk1305/.
Answered 1/21/2013
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