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book Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis cover

Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis

النسخة 9الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0077313043
book Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis cover

Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis

النسخة 9الرقم المعياري الدولي: 978-0077313043
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Osteoporosis thins bones in millions of people. A much rarer, inherited condition, osteopetrosis, acts oppositely, increasing bone mass. Osteopetrosis does not affect health, and is typically discovered on x-rays. Why might studying how osteopetrosis arises be useful, even though it doesn't cause symptoms?
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Studying osteopetrosis can reveal how healthy bone mass is maintained, which might provide insights into osteoporosis, which has an opposite phenotype and is more common.
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