Osteomalacia
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become fragile and more likely to break.
Osteoporosis
For example, some diseases caused by insertional mutations include: Fragile X Syndrome. Huntington's Disease. Myotonic dystrophy. Cystic fibrosis.
Beth dies in Little Women because of fragile health. She got scarlet fever because she was helping children from a poor family, but they had the disease, so she got it. Beth survived that time, but near the end of the novel, she died because of fragile health.
Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens bones, making them more fragile and prone to fractures.
Hunington's disease and Fragile X syndrome
The comparative form of "fragile" is "more fragile."
The disease that causes bones to become weak is called "Osteoporosis".
The fragile X syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by mutation of the FMR1 gene on the X chromosome.Expansion of the CGG repeating codon to such a degree results in a methylation of that portion of the DNA, effectively silencing the expression of the FMR1 protein.Mutation of the FMR1 gene leads to the transcriptional silencing of the fragile X-mental retardation protein, FMRP.
1 in 4,000 males 1 in 6,000-8,000 females 1 in 100-250 mothers
Fragile