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DMD or “Duchenne muscular dystrophy” is when the dystrophin in someone's muscles is defective.
Dystroglycan Complex
the Extracellular Matrix
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the Actin Cytosceleton
Dystrophin
The removal of the old and fine healthy protein leads to the addition of scar tissue and fat in its place.
DMD is the result of a malformation in someones DNA that shortens dystrophin.
There is a malformation in the DNA for making dystrophin. This malformation creates a stop code for the ribosomes and stops the production of that strand of dystrophin
a stop code is a base from the DNA that causes the ribosomes to stop making that amino acid chain.
it all starts at the DNA which is malformed from a gene.
there are different DMD genes that do different things to the DNA, but they all create a stop code for the ribosomes.
you can only have DMD if you the gene given to you by your parents when you are born.
DMD is a recessive sex-linked trait on the X chromosome.
A sex-linked trait is a trait carried on the sex chromosomes (X Y crhomosomes). A recessive trait is a trait that you need two copys of to have.
lastly, DMD is carried on the X chromosome, females have XX crhomosomes and males have XY chromosomes.
The recessive trait of DMD means that if you have two X chromosomes(females) both need to have the trait, while males need one because they only have X chromosome.