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ScipioLongstocking t1_j0berjk wrote

Reply to comment by nyaaaa in Will my kids inherit the genetic mutations that I aquire during my lifetime? by RedditScoutBoy

Yeah. That's why people can be carriers for hereditary diseases, but they don't actually have the disease.

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Quantum_Quandry t1_j0e44aa wrote

That’s generally due to recessive genes and not due to a mutation in the cell generations immediately before your gonads (though that too is possible).

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