Assertion: ancestor's gene | /r/Causes | familial hypercholesterolemia
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text: The 17 genes included in the AncestryHealth tests include: the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, which increase risk of hereditary breast and ovarian cancer; the MLH1, MSH2, MSH5, and PMS2 genes, which lead to Lynch syndrome, which causes hereditary colon cancer; the MYBPC3 and MYH7 genes, which are linked to cardiomyopathy; the APOB, LDLR, and PCSK9 genes, which can cause familial hypercholesterolemia; the HFE gene, which causes hereditary hemochromatosis; the F2 and F5 genes, which cause thrombophilia, a clotting disorder; and the genes that cause sickle cell anemia and cystic fibrosis.