title: Molecular medicine: a primer for clinicians. Part X: Clinical implications of the new genetics--I.
abstract: The mendelian concepts of genetic inheritance remain valid and are well recognized. However, there are a number of diseases or syndromes that do not follow mendelian rules. These are designated "non-traditional patterns of inheritance" and will be the subject of the current and subsequent installments in this series.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D030342:Genetic Diseases, Inborn / Q000235:genetics*; D018392:Genomic Imprinting; D006801:Humans; D009030:Mosaicism; D014314:Trisomy