Partial Gene Amplification: CAG

Cytosine, adenine, guanine (CAG) base sequence repeats over and over
Frequent CAG repeats are found in other brain diseases
- People with Huntington’s have 37-80 CAG repeats
- People without Huntington’s have about 36 or fewer CAG repeats

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