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Progeria is thought to be caused by a tiny mutation in a zygotes DNA durring conception.  It is 'A one- letter typo in the billions of letters that make up the chromosomal book .' according to the Progeria Research Foundation.

                      Progeria is not caused by a defective DNA repair, but   the protein,  Lamin A  is one of the main factors that causes the rare genetic disorder.Progeria is a dominant trait that develops durring cell division. The LMNA gene replaces Cytosine with Thymine creating an unusable form of the protein Lamin A. Thus causeing a premature proggression of age in the forming Zygote.