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The nurse is caring for a group of patients and is monitoring for sensory deprivation. Which patient will the nurse monitor closely?
Acquired Mutations
Genetic alterations that occur in an organism's lifetime rather than being inherited, often resulting from environmental factors or errors in DNA replication.
Tay-Sachs Disease
A genetic disorder caused by a deficiency of a specific enzyme, leading to the accumulation of fats in nerve cells, resulting in progressive neurodegeneration.
Recessive Allele
A variant of a gene that must be inherited from both parents to be expressed in the offspring's phenotype.
Tay-Sachs Disease
A genetic disorder that results in the destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, leading to severe neurological impairment and early death.
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