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Peer reviewedHagerman, Randi J. – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Discusses the Human Genome Project and the identification of Fragile X Syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation. Fragile X Syndrome is caused by an abnormal gene on the bottom of the X chromosome. Examined the phenotype of Fragile X Syndrome in males and females and the spectrum of learning difficulties caused by the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Developmental Psychology, Genetics, Learning Disabilities
