Comparing Tay-Sachs disease and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy?When comparing Tay-Sachs disease and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, which of the following do both disorders have in common?
A. They both involve malfunction of the nervous system
B. They both involve mutations in which fat replaces normal tissue
C. They both lead to death in the first few years of life
D. They both are disorders that are equally distributed in the general population.
Posted by battwoman
I believe that it would be A, because C is not right, adults with Tay, can live with it. Only Tay involves fat replacing tissue, so B is out. Tay Sachs has a prevalence of about 1 in 300 and DMD 1-3000 in males, so they don't add up.
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