An inherited disorder is a disorder associated with a genetic variant transmitted from a parent. Dominant, recessive and sex-linked patterns describe different relationships between inheritance and expression. Inherited risk need not imply certainty of disease because penetrance, other genes and environment can affect the outcome. A genetic condition caused by a new mutation in an individual is genetic without necessarily having been inherited from a parent. [ref]
Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms by NHGRI. Inherited; Genetic Disorder; Penetrance entry
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