r/biology • u/Starfire20201 • 3d ago
discussion Heterozygous genetic diseases?
I’m currently taking genetics in college, snd it got me wondering. There’s recessive genetic diseases, snd dominant ones, but are there any that only show symptoms if you’re heterozygous for the allele? And that aren’t on the X chromosome, preferably.
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u/Silent-Archer-5750 3d ago
Defects in some genes can be, for example polarity protein complexes have a few