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- What is a gene variant and how do variants occur?
- How can gene variants affect health and development?
- Do all gene variants affect health and development?
- What kinds of gene variants are possible?
- Can a change in the number of genes affect health and development?
- Can changes in the number of chromosomes affect health and development?
- Can changes in the structure of chromosomes affect health and development?
- Can changes in noncoding DNA affect health and development?
- Can changes in mitochondrial DNA affect health and development?
- What are complex or multifactorial disorders?
- What does it mean to have a genetic predisposition to a disease?
- How are gene variants involved in evolution?
- What information can statistics provide about a genetic condition?
- How are genetic conditions and genes named?
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