Tay-Sachs disease is caused by a genetic mutation in the HEXA gene. It is an autosomal recessive disease that causes the mutation on an enzyme, which metabolizes GM2 Ganglioside in nerve cells, this leads to a build-up of the molecule in brain cells. At the moment there is no cure for the disease, only support treatment is available.

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3 years ago

plant and animal development share a number of features, but differ in major ways as well. which of the following best summarize

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Both plant and animal development is seeded in the perspective that a cell divides itself to form a tissue and tissues grouped will become an organ and the organism itself. The cell hierarchial model is followed in the development in both of these diverse however seemingly similar organisms.

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4 years ago