In familial hypercholesterolemia,individuals who are homozygous for the mutation lack LDL cholesterol receptors in the liver,causing high levels of serum cholesterol.This is a defect in which type of gene pathwaythe biosynthetic,signal transduction,or developmental pathway?
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