Penetrance and expressivity: why a genetic finding cannot tell the whole future
The same genetic condition can affect people differently. Penetrance and expressivity help explain what a genetic result can—and cannot—predict.
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What makes a genetic result clinically actionable?
Finding a DNA change is only part of the question. Clinical actionability asks whether reliable evidence supports a useful response to that finding.