Carolyn Webb. Players of St Therese's under-15 team are upset that they have to play against a 13-year-old boy who stands 185 centimetres tall. MEMBERS of a junior netball club have slammed a VCAT decision to allow a 185-centimetre tall, 13-year-old boy interim permission to play in an all-girls' competition.
For example, sickle cell anemia is one common genetic disorder that mainly affects individuals of African or Mediterranean descent. So whether you fear a genetic condition due to your ethnicityâor if a certain genetic disease is common throughout your ancestry; here are the ten most common DNA mutation disordersâ¦.
These are genetic diseases that are due to an abnormal number or structure of the chromosomes. A frequent chromosome anomaly is Down syndrome. These are genetic diseases that are due to a mutation(s) in only 1 gen. They can be inherited in different ways: autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked or Y-linked. Frequent monogenic diseases are cystic fibrosis, thalassemia and fragile X syndrome.