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9 ashkenazi diseases

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:08 pm
by will21
anyone ever came across the 9 ashkenazi diseases http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jso ... etics.html

Re: 9 ashkenazi diseases

Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2015 10:35 pm
by 7im
Genetic diseases are not uncommon across multiple groups. Tay-sachs happens to be limited, but includes French Canadians. Cystic Fibrosis is world wide and not limited to specific ethnic groups. 1 in every 100 people in the US is a carrier for the recessive gene causing Gaucher's disease.

Please consider rephrasing the question as I don't understand what you are asking about this diverse list of genetic diseases?