2006-10-02 02:27:09 · 4 answers · asked by SUE N 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
eg.THALASSEMIA,
ANEMIA ,
CLOTHING DISORDER,
Huntington's disease
Down syndrome
Cystic fibrosis
2006-10-03 00:08:37 · update #1
There are many genetic diseases in humans, each with different changes in the normal DNA. One example of this is sickle cell anaemia, which is caused by Thymine base replacing an Adenine base at a specific exact place on chromosome 11. You can see the resultant protein structure on this website.
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/posters/chromosome/hbb.shtml
2006-10-02 02:55:36 · answer #1 · answered by borscht 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genetic disorders are caused by a defect in one ore more genes that causes a protein to function incorrectly, or not at all. A common cause of defect is the repetition of a section of coding DNA within a gene. When this section of DNA is translated to a protein the protein cannot fold or function correctly, resulting in the displayed disorder. Such disorders can be very simple and non-harmful (such as freckles! Technically a mutation and not a disorder or disease), or extremely harmful and deadly (such as Huntindon's).
2006-10-02 12:55:07 · answer #2 · answered by Flora 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agammaglobulinemia, Diabetes, Hemochromatoses,Hepatolenticular degeneration, are some examples of genetic diseases causing protein abnormalities.
2006-10-02 10:44:08 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Name a few 100 that you are interested in.
2006-10-02 11:05:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋