Huntington's disease is a disorder that may be inherited.
Gene . The transmission of genes to an organism 's offspring is the basis of the inheritance of phenotypic traits . Huntington's disease . HD is typically inherited from a person 's parents , with 10 % of cases due to a new mutation . The Huntingtin gene provides the genetic information for a protein that is also called `` huntingtin '' . The genetic basis was discovered in 1993 by an international collaborative effort led by the Hereditary Disease Foundation .