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clmills979

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A 15-year-old female is diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. This condition is an example of:
 
  a. genomic imprinting.
  b. an autosomal recessive trait.
  c. an autosomal dominant trait.
  d. a sex-linked trait.

Question 2

A patient, age 9, is admitted to a pediatric unit with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. When plan-ning care the nurse recalls the patient inherited this condition through a trait that is:
 
  a. X-linked dominant.
  b. X-influenced.
  c. X-limited.
  d. X-linked recessive.


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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Prader-Willi, an example of gene imprinting, is not associated with any autosomal sex-linked ab-normality.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a relatively common X-linked recessive, not dominant, disorder. While it is sex linked, it is not X-limited or X-influenced.


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