What Is a Genetic Disorder?

A genetic disorder is a disease that is caused by a change, or mutation, in an individual’s DNA sequence.

Topics

  • DNA
  • genetic
  • disorder
  • illness
  • mutation
  • replication
  • genome
  • bases
  • chromosome
  • proteins
  • dominant
  • recessive
  • Huntington's disease
  • gene
  • cystic fibrosis
  • X-linked
  • muscular distrophy
  • Down's syndrome
  • multifactorial
  • cancer