Question

What is the difference between single-gene and multifactorial disease?

Answer 1

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Multifactorial inheritance means that "many factors" (multifactorial) are involved in causing a birth defect. The factors are usually both genetic and environmental, where a combination of genes from both parents, in addition to unknown environmental factors, produce the trait or condition.

Single gene disease: Any genetic disorder caused by a change affecting only one gene. There are thousands of single-gene diseases including achondroplasia, cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, Huntington disease, muscular dystrophy, and sickle cell disease .

Answer 2

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Multifactorial disease:

1. Conditions caused by many contributing factors are called complex or multifactorial disease.
2. They are likely associated with effects of multiple genes in combination with lifestyle and environmental factors.

Single genes:

1. Any genetic disorders caused by a affecting only a single genes is called Singles genes disorder.
2. There are thousands single genes disorder including muscular dystrophy, Huntington diseases.

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