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Inherited Disorder

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Meaning

An inherited disorder is a problem or non-communicable disease caused by genes which can be passed down from parents to offspring.

About Inherited Disorders

An inherited disorder might not express itself in the phenotype of a parent as inherited disorders are often due to a recessive allele.
There are a variety of inherited disorders that can be passed down including: