objectives

book references

birth defect

there is a different ebtween congenital (since birth)

birth defect > at birth, but disease developes later (e.g thallsemia)

• expressed later, depending on tissue, organ, or disease
• genetic

e.g cancer → genetic cancer which occur later after birth

• change the function\shape of the body
• congenital heart defect?

causes

size, shape, and functions are all regulated by genes

• developement of human\organs\ and structure\function all around isregulated by genes and mediated by proteins
• defects can ??