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VCU Massey Cancer Center
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Cancer dictionary

autosomal recessive inheritance

a mutation or alteration in a gene that lies on one of the first 22 pairs of chromosomes, which, when present in two copies, causes a trait or disease to be expressed.

 

 

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VCU Massey Cancer Center
401 College Street, P.O. Box 980037
Richmond, Virginia 23298-0037
Phone: (804) 828-0450  Fax: (804) 828-8453
Last updated: 12/7/2005

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