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Huntington disease is a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder that follows an autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance. It affects individuals from childhood to old age and follows a course that ...

Genetics is the branch of science concerned with genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms. It seeks to understand the process of trait inheritance from parents to offspring, including the ...

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Myriad Genetics, Inc. engages in the discovery, development, and marketing of transformative molecular diagnostic tests. The company was founded by Walter A. Gilbert, Mark H. Skolnick, and Peter D.

Researchers identified shared genetic architecture across diseases, enabling improved prediction using multitrait polygenic ...