mjl1717 Forum Hero

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| | 05/21/06 - 05:34 PM  
 
   
 
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variable penetrance and variable expressivity mean the same -right?
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| robin082006 Forum Hero

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| | 05/21/06 - 06:13 PM  
 
   
 
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As I understand: Variable penetrance: genetic disease with phenotype (complete) or without phenotype (imcomplete phenotype). This means : "expressivity" or "no expressivity" variable expressivity: same genetic disease with phenotypic (all people express phenotypically) but different appearance.
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