Which of the Following Statements About Huntington Disease (HD)is True

question 24

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about Huntington disease (HD) is true ?

• A) The disease is caused by a high number of repeated DNA triplets.
• B) The gene responsible for the disease has not been located yet.
• C) As the number of repeated triplets decreases, the severity of the symptoms increases.
• D) People living around Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela show a very low frequency of HD.
• E) Normal copies of the HD gene only have one copy of the DNA triplet.

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