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A researcher has identified a gene linked to a neurodegenerative disease. In individuals that suffer symptoms of this disease, at a specific location within this gene the sequence CAG is repeated many times more than it is in unaffected individuals. This disease exemplifies the phenomenon of __________.

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Expanding triplet repeats

Step-by-step explanation:

Expanding triplet repeats causes a disorder called Triple repeat disorder. It’s a genetic and dominantly inherited neurological disorder and is also classified as an unstable mutation.

Most of these disorders involve a CAG·CTG repeat expansion, such as Huntington disease etc.

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