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Explain how a mutated DMD gene can result in the inability to walk​

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Normal DMD gene provides the instructions to make normal dystrophin protein.

® Normal dystrophin in muscle cells ® Normal muscles and normal health

Mutated DMD gene does not provide the instructions to make functional dystrophin.

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No functional dystrophin in muscle cells

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Muscle cells break down, so child loses the ability to walk, develops heart problems, and typically dies as a young adult.

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