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Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0077313043Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0077313043 Exercise 2
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.
Case Workbook for Human Genetics 9th Edition by Ricki Lewis
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