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Results: If You Have One Of The Genes, You Could Be One In A Billion!

Published on 07/23/2018
By: Harriet56
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Health & Fitness
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It may sound like the basis for a sci-fi movie, but these rare genetic features are real, although extremely rare. Some of them are positive, and some of them are not. Have you heard of any of the following genetic conditions?
It may sound like the basis for a sci-fi movie, but these rare genetic features are real, although extremely rare. Some of them are positive, and some of them are not. Have you heard of any of the following genetic conditions?
A genetic mutation on the gene DEC2 allows for a virtually no-sleep genetic feature. Most of the population requires the standard seven to eight hours per night sleep session to function. But there's a small group of people who can easily get away with only a few hours (2-3) per night without any significant side effects.
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257 votes
The unbreakable bones gene sounds like something from a super-hero movie. The genetic mutation known as LRP5 was discovered in 1994 after a serious car crash. The man involved in the crash had no broken bones at all. Further investigation revealed that their entire family, scattered up and down the East Coast of the U.S., all had this mutation.
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161 votes
A rare genetic condition called myostatin-related muscle hypertrophy, or muscle enlargement has been discovered in very few young children. The condition promotes above-normal growth of the skeletal muscles; it doesn't affect the heart and has no known negative side effects, but seems to produce physically super strong children.
9%
185 votes
Oddly enough, about 1% of Northern Europeans are actually resistant to the HIV infection. The genetic mutation known as CCR5 delta 32 makes the CCR5 co-receptor smaller than it usually is, which means the HIV virus cannot enter cells.
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76 votes
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77%
1570 votes
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Have you heard about any of these rare genetic conditions?
Have you heard about any of these rare genetic conditions?
People born with Marfan syndrome are often lanky, tall and have elongated limbs, especially those who are severely affected. This disorder can affect the eyes, blood vessels, the heart and the skeleton. But those who are not severely affected are born with long and stretchy ligaments.
16%
324 votes
Being born without a certain working gene is far from good news…unless that gene is PCSK9. This is probably one of the few missing genes that is actually beneficial to us. People born without function PCSK9 gene have a 90% reduced risk of heart disease and on top of that, they don't even have to worry about high cholesterol either.
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99 votes
A genetic variant that allows for tetrachromacy is found in women, who are born with a fourth cone in their eyes, making them capable of seeing up to 100 million colors. People with three cones can see about one million colors.
5%
110 votes
It may look like a piercing, but it's not. It's just a harmless hole on the outer ear known as the preauricular sinus. This congenital condition is completely harmless and has no function at all. But it can make you feel special because it is found in less than 1% of the population.
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106 votes
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76%
1546 votes
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Have you heard of any of these rare conditions?
Have you heard of any of these rare conditions?
A unique blood type, also known as the golden blood, is found in only around 40 people in the world. Not 4% or 40% but only 40 people share this unique blood type. Even though it's known as the gold blood type, it's not actually gold. People with this blood type are missing all Rh-blood cell antigens.
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121 votes
A very small number of people are born with this genetic disorder. The human body uses a certain enzyme to break down the smelly chemical known as trimethylaminuria. People born with mutation in the FMO3 gene constantly emit an unpleasant smell, which has been described as a "fishy body odor smell" and can lead to severe depression and social isolation
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202 votes
Very few people are born with extra ribs, and they're usually placed just below the neckline. The mutation can cause pain because the extra ribs could press organs, nerves or even blood vessels.
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199 votes
This is one of the rarest mutations ever discovered, as only around 50 people have been affected since the Middle Ages. It wouldn't be such a problem if the extreme hair growth was focused on specific parts of the body, but unfortunately, that's not the case and the excess amount of hair grows all over their body. It is called hypertrichosis — also known as werewolf syndrome. We had a survey recently on this by the always interesting LBP, as the real life "Beauty and the Beast"
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767 votes
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1072 votes
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Finally, have you heard of any of these rare conditions?
Finally, have you heard of any of these rare conditions?
Some girls need to buy and use cosmetic products to make their eyelashes look better and larger. And other are born with double eyelashes. But, the genetic abnormality in the FOXC2 gene is not all positive. It can also cause severe irritation and problems with vision
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164 votes
People born with the genetic disorder known as Progeria age at a remarkably quick rate. Progeria, also known as Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS), is a rare genetic condition that causes a child's body to age fast. Most kids with progeria do not live past age 13. The disease affects both sexes and all races equally. It affects about 1 in every 4 million births. There's still no cure or treatment for accelerate aging disorder
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946 votes
Some people, although it is again extremely rare, are born with two different eye colors. People born with this condition, known as heterochromia, have two different eye colors, or two different colored sections in each eye. Heterochromia is extremely rare and it only affects 1% of the world's population
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753 votes
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852 votes
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