Differences in the
ability of a particular gene to influence a child's development depending on who it was
inherited from, have been seen
in a number of disorders, including Huntington's disease and fragile - X syndrome («Why genes have a gender», New Scientist, 22 May 1993).
For many medications,
inherited differences in patients»
ability to metabolize, transport, and eliminate drugs and
in the characteristics of drug targets and receptors are significant determinants of therapeutic or adverse effects of medications.