cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder. what does this mean
The Genetics of Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a genetic disease. This means that CF is inherited. A child will be born with CF only if two CF genes are inherited--one from the mother and one from the father.A person who has only one CF gene is healthy and said to be a carrier of the disease.he seventh pair of chromosomes contains a gene called the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator (CFTR) gene. Mutations or errors in this gene are what cause CF. This gene is quite large and complex.