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faduma

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Greta carries the fragile-X chromosome. This means that she:
 
  will be perfectly normal.
  might be normal or mentally retarded.
  will be severely mentally retarded.
  will have several physical abnormalities.

Question 2

Mental retardation caused by a fragile-X chromosome appears:
 
  in males only.
  in females only.
  in both sexes equally.
  more frequently in males than in females.



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BUTTHOL369

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Answer to Question 1

might be normal or mentally retarded.

Answer to Question 2

more frequently in males than in females.





 

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