Researchers track high frequency of genetic diseases in Quebec’s Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean
The higher frequency of these rare diseases is the result of a “genetic lottery,” Bouchard said.
This “founder effect” means that some genetic diseases that are extremely rare elsewhere are more common in the region, while others may be completely absent, he said.
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