More often they will be deaf, blind and prone to a multitude of other genetic defects (including heart problems). (breedingbusiness.com)
Other genetic defects associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy — six different genes have been linked to the disease — may work similarly by producing abnormal proteins involved in contraction, says Sweeney. (sciencemag.org)
Still other genetic defects that lead to infections in the young involve the histocompatibility complex. (2ndchance.info)