allelic mutations

Is Cystic Fibrosis Allelic Heterogeneity? Other major diseases displaying allelic heterogeneity are allelic mutations in the dystrophin gene which cause Duchenne dystrophy and mutations in the CFTR gene that are known to causes cystic fibrosis. Is cystic fibrosis allelic or locus heterogeneity? Allelic heterogeneity describes the ability of different mutations within the same gene to