Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780134093413
Author: Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky, Jane B. Reece
Publisher: PEARSON
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Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that causes gradual deterioration of the muscles. It is seen almost exclusively in boys born to apparently unaffected parents and usually results in death in the early teens. Is this disorder caused by a dominant or a recessive allele? Is its inheritance sex-linked or autosomal? How do you know? Explain why this disorder is almost never seen in girls.

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Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is an inheriteddisorder that causes gradual deterioration of the muscles. It isseen almost exclusively in boys born to apparently unaffectedparents and usually results in death in the early teens. Isthis disorder caused by a dominant or a recessive allele?Is its inheritance sex-linked or autosomal? How do youknow? Explain why this disorder is almost never seen in girls.

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