GENOME: Chromosome 4: Fate

People have this preconceived notion that genes are defined by the diseases they cause. Ridley believes that it is quite absurd because it's sort of like "defining organs of the body by the diseases they get". Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a very rare and serious syndrome, with such strong genes, victims die at a very young age. A mutated version of the very gene that causes Hirschhorn is associated with Huntington's chorea. The gene repeats CAG over and over again and with this a person's "destiny, sanity, and life" hangs by the thread of that very repetition. I agree with Ridley's notion that genes can't be classified by the diseases that they cause because genes are not created, built, or made to cause a particular disease. With malfunctions and different correlations, certain genes end up causing diseases that may have never existed per say. It all depends really, on fate.

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https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wolf-hirschhorn+syndrome+gene&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1317&bih=779&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=iLRRT9KSBbCOigK0mui0Bg