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.
1. Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is one of the most widespread inherited genetic disorders. It prominently affects Caucasians who are Ashkenazi Jews. It occurs only when both parents are carriers, which gives their children a 1 in 4 risk of contracting the disease.
X-linked Genetic Diseases - Genetic mutations on x-chromosome lead to the X-linked genetic disorders. In case of the father is suffering from the dominant X-linked disorder, there are least chances of suffering his sons from the same disease, while all his daughters are inherited the disorder. The examples of x-linked diseases are Rett's syndrome and Aicardi syndrome.