It's all in the Genes...ya know?
So I have wonky DNA. Crappy chromosomes. A Balanced Translocation. So does Braeden now. I passed my crappy chromsomes onto him. And don't forget Ryley, he sure did get the raw end of the deal. For those that don't know too much about chromosomes, here is a lesson for you. I will call it...Crappy Chromosome Arrangements 101. We all have 46 chromosomes. Or two pairs of 23. One long arm (q) and one short arm (p). And we inherit one of each of these pairs from our mother and our father. You should have all learnt this in science in Year 7-remember-school..!? All of these chromosomes are numbered from 1 to 23, with 1 being the biggest chromosome with the largest amount of genetic material. WHS affects chromosome 4. To be more specific, it affects the short arm (p). To be even more specific, to have a diagnosis of WHS, there needs to be a deletion in a critical region on that short arm-on the band 16.3. WHS is often referred to as being only a part of a spectrum of disor...