Genetic disease

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Food Biotechnology

A disease that has its origin in changes to the genetic material, DNA. Usually refers to diseases that are inherited in a Mendelian fashion, although noninherited forms of cancer also result from DNA mutation.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A disease caused by an abnormality in the genetic material, which could be at the level of DNA sequence at a locus, or at the level of karyotype. Usually refers to inherited diseases, although somatic mutations can also cause disease without being inherited.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture