Dogs, genetics, and muscular dystrophy

Dogs and humans can get Muscular Dystrophy, an inherited muscular degenerative disease that is caused by a deficiency of a muscle membrane protein called dystrophyin. The disease has shown up in a number of dog breeds, and is somewhat common in Golden Retrievers.

Ringo, a Golden Retriever who inherited a genetic defect that causes muscular dystrophy, didn’t have…

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