Genetic Disorders- Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

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Science

 

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James M

 

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November 27, 2015

 

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University

 

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Dystrophyn is an important muscle protein which is produced in a gene in the X chromosome. Hence, it is a sex linked disorder that affects only boys. The boy, if he inherits the disorder, looses muscle throughout his life. Symptoms include; tightening of muscles, difficulty in walking/running and calves may be large and firm...
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If inherited, the boy will not survive as the condition will make him become disabled due to his voluntary muscles progressively weakening and wasting. Example of pedigree diagram for inheritance of disorder and how diagram provides clues as to how the condition is inherited The previous diagram shows that DMD is due to a recessive, sex (X) linked gene inherited by the grandmother because if the grandparents (1 and 2) reproduce their alleles must look like the diagram below and 25% of their children should have the condition...
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