Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
Some genetic diseases flourish in the human population because they don’t affect everyone who carries the gene, meaning they can be passed along without knowing. By the time the gene is identified, they could be all over the world. Other diseases strike later in life, when the genes may have been passed to another generation or two already.
That was the case in the Linder family, when William Linder developed a mysterious, painful, and slowly fatal condition in his 40s. He already had two college-age daughters -who are now showing symptoms of the disease. William’s brother had also died from the condition. Doctors traced a gene mutation back to their mother, and possibly their grandmother.The genome defines us as a species, shapes us as individuals, and through its idiosyncrasies—the random deletions, additions and mutations in each of our cells—exerts a profound influence on…
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