Inherited genes contain two working copies, one from the mother and one from the father. But sometimes, a gene is imprinted, meaning that one copy becomes silent. This is called genomic imprinting. If the active copy is mutated, then disease results, even though the silenced gene copy may be normal. Angelman syndrome, which causes learning difficulties, speech problems, seizures, jerky movements and an unusually happy disposition, results when a gene inherited ...
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