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For peopleWith Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy how must their DNA be different from a person who

does not have MD? Justify your answer with obsérvations from this simulation.

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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is inherited in an X-linked recessive pattern. Males have only one copy of the X chromosome from their mother and one copy of the Y chromosome from their father. If their X chromosome has a DMD gene mutation, they will have Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

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