he is among the one in four whose case resulted from a spontaneous mutation of the gene: He is the first person in his family known to have Marfan syndrome. Uneasily considering all these factors ...

that is only one of the parents needs to be mutated to transmit this mutation to the child. Examples include Huntington’s disease and Marfan syndrome. The examples include autosomal recessive ...

This “endowment” can include recognized medical disorders such as height in Marfan Syndrome and delayed ... carrying capacity due to an inherited mutation in the erythropoietin receptor ...