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Which disorder can not be referred to as a Mendelian disorder?


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Mendelian disease:

  1. The mendelian disease is a type of genetic disease that occurs as a result of a change in a gene or as a result of an abnormality in the genome.
  2. Cystic fibrosis is an example of a Mendelian disorder.
  3. Diseases that do not occur due to gene modifications or aberrations in the genome cannot be categorized as Mendelian disorders.
  4. Diseases like cancer, tuberculosis, malaria, etc are not Mendelian disorders.
  5. A disease that is not caused due to genome changes is not a Mendelian disorder.

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