1. How does someone acquire (get) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy? Is DMD inherited from a person’s

parents or do they get it from the environment? Explain.

  1. Who is more likely to acquire DMD, boys or girls? Why is that? Could a person have a mutated gene for

dystrophin but not have DMD? How?

  1. Genes include information used to make something in cells. What is supposed to happen with the

information on the gene for dystrophin and what happens when a person has a mutation of the gene?

  1. What is the function of dystrophin in muscles? How does a mutation
    affect the function of dystrophin?
  2. If we found a way to repair a single cell with the mutated gene for
    dystrophin in a 2-year old child, could we cure DMD by repairing that single cell?

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