Campbell Biology 11th Edition by Lisa Urry,Michael Cain,Steven Wasserman,Peter Minorsky,Jane Reece

Exercise 17

Pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that causes gradual deterioration of the muscles. It is seen almost exclusively in boys born to apparently uneffected parents and usually results in death in the early teens. Is this disorder caused by a dominant or a recessive allele Is its inheritance sex-linked or autosomal How do you know Explain why this disorder is almost never seen in girls.