Genes are the only factor affecting whether or not an individual will contract a disease.

Please select the best answer from the choices provided

True or false

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Answer:

false

Explanation:

there are many factors that play into whether an individual will contract a disease or not, and genes are only one of the many reasons (lifestyle, eating habits, pre-existing conditions that are both genetic and non-genetic)

False, that genes are the only factor affecting whether or not an individual will contract a disease.

What are genes?

  • The simplest physical and functional unit of heredity is the gene. DNA is the material that makes up genes.
  • Some genes serve as blueprints for the production of proteins. Many genes, however, do not code for proteins.
  • Genes in humans range in size from a few hundred to over 2 million DNA bases.

What is disease?

  • A disease is a situation in which the normal functioning of cells, tissues, and organs is disrupted.

Diseases are of two types:-

  • infectious disease caused by microbes.
  • non infectious disease.

 Mutation in gene can cause disorder.

Hence, the statement is false.

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