What is anticipation

What is anticipation? 

Classically, in triplet repeat disorders longer repeat size results in earlier age of onset and/or more severe phenotype.

The length of expanded repeats is characteristically unstable and often grows further with successive generations, producing the clinical phenomenon of anticipation.

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