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svetoff [14.1K]
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stiks02 [169]1 year ago
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Mutations in the HTT gene cause Huntington disease. Hope that helps
inysia [295]1 year ago
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Answer:  Mutations in the HTT gene cause Huntington disease. The HTT gene provides instructions for making a protein called huntingtin.

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