Why Does Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) Have Poor Reproductive Fitness

question 7

Multiple Choice

Why does Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) have poor reproductive fitness?

• A)Most affected individuals typically do not have children.
• B)Fifty percent of mutations of the dystrophin gene are deletions.
• C)The loss of functional adhesion proteins prevents reproduction.
• D)The expression of disease severity is highly variable among adults

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