III. Biological Systems (PSYBIO)
3.6 Biological Malfunctions
Article 113 - Genetic Malfunction
A Genetic Malfunction is a Biological Malfunction caused by one or more abnormal mutations in the genetic material (DNA) of key cells of a species through inherited abnormalities or environmental corruptions affecting the proper performance and function of the cells.
Inherited genetic abnormalities producing illness are exceptionally rare as it requires the inheritance of two copies of the same genetic abnormality.
The most significant abnormal mutation is not to DNA expressing genes, but to non-coding DNA, especially code expressing the functions and programs for the centriole of key cells. Most highly specialized cells of higher order life forms have automated mechanisms to reject faulty proteins and respond to isolate such cells. But when a mutation is expressed as an error of knowledge in the programming code (non-coding DNA) at the cellular level, the cell usually is without any automated self-correcting programming mechanism.