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Explain the type of inheritance associated with Huntington’s disease and achondroplasia.
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1 of 2Although most of the disorders are inherited through recessive alleles, some of the rare disorders such as (defect on the gene that affects the normal functioning of the nervous system) and (defect on the gene that affects the normal bone growth) are due to dominant alleles, where those who are recessive to these traits are normal.
These diseases follow an pattern of inheritance, where it only requires one copy of a defective gene to be affected by the disease.
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