Briefly, xeroderma pimentosum is a recessive genetic disease that results from a mutation in any of several genes involved in repairing damage to DNA from ultraviolet light exposure.
If you just do a google search for xeroderma pigmentosum you'll find a lot of information. Also, if you search "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man" at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim you'll find research results and genetic and molecular information about the disease.
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Briefly, xeroderma pimentosum is a recessive genetic disease that results from a mutation in any of several genes involved in repairing damage to DNA from ultraviolet light exposure.
If you just do a google search for xeroderma pigmentosum you'll find a lot of information. Also, if you search "Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man" at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim you'll find research results and genetic and molecular information about the disease.
I just did a biology project on that disease. It is rare and occurs mostly in childern.