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Cystic fibrosis is genetic, meaning it can be passed from parent to child. What type of mutation causes cystic fibrosis?

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Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disease caused by mutations (changes) in a gene on chromosome 7, one of the 23 pairs of chromosomes that children inherit from their parents. CF occurs because of mutations in the gene that makes a protein called CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator).

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B.) Germline Mutation

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