If 33 of the 300,000 people in Corpus Christi, TX, have PKU, how many people are carriers (heterozygous) for PKU?

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Shea Stephens

Biology

13 June, 17:49

If 33 of the 300,000 people in Corpus Christi, TX, have PKU, how many people are carriers (heterozygous) for PKU?

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Malik James · Answer 1

The number of people who are carriers (heterozygous) for PKU if there are 33 of the 300,000 people in Corpus Christi, TX, have PKU is 15. Heterozygous or also called as zygosity refers to having the unlike genes or different genes.