Traditionally, geneticists divide disorders into ‘simple,’ where a single gene mutation causes disease, or complex, where mutations in many genes contribute modest amounts. A new study suggests that the truth is somewhere in between.
Single gene disorders not so simple after all
Traditionally, geneticists divide disorders into ‘simple,’ where a single gene mutation causes disease, or complex, where mutations in many genes contribute modest amounts. A new study suggests that the truth is somewhere in between.