March 11, 2010
By using new technology, researchers have sequenced the entire genome of a family in Utah only to discover that each parent passes on to offspring an estimated 30 genetic mutations, fewer than half of what was previously thought.
The adult children in the studied family have both Miller’s syndrome and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia. The odds of having both conditions are less than one in 10 billion.
The study is “trailblazing the quest to identify more complex and common genetic disorders,” reports Kirsten Stewart of The Salt Lake Tribune. The study was published in Science Express.
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