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- Inherited in an autosomal dominant manner (i.e., one mutant copy of the gene is enough to cause symptoms)
- CAG segment in the gene Huntington is repeated too many times, leading to the formation of an abnormal huntington protein

Genetics of Huntington's Disease

General Sources (e.g., reliable websites, textbooks)
- HOPES (Huntington's Outreach Project For Education) Stanford University
- Huntington's Disease Society of America
- MedicineNet
- Medline Plus | U.S. National Library of Medicine
- Wikipedia

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Huntington Disease References

- HD is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner (i.e., one mutant copy of the gene is enough to cause symptoms).
- Inheritance is independent of gender.

How is Huntington's Disease (HD) inherited?

- The CAG DNA segment in the gene huntingtin is repeated too many times.
- The gene huntingtin is on the short arm of chromosome 4.
- Please see the image below from the U.S. National Library of Medicine for more details.

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