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Explain the diseases caused by single gene mutations following mendelian inheritance specifying the genomic location, inheritance pattern and mutation.

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Cystic Fibrosis (Cystic Fibrosis Trans membrane Conductance Regulator CFTR gene)

1.  Inheritance: autosomal recessive disease

2.  Genomic location: Chromosome 7 (7q31.2)

3.  Mutation: The most common mutation is a deletion of 3 bps resulting in the loss of codon no. 508, which codes for phenylalanine

Huntington disease (Hunting tin gene HTT)

1.  Inheritance: autosomal dominant 

2.  Location: Chrosome 4 (4p16.3) 

3.  Mutation: increased number of CAG repeats more than 35 times



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