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A couple has a female child with phenylketonuria, and 3 unaffected children. Neither parent nor any of the 4 biological grandparents of the affected child has had this disease. The most likely genetic explanation is that phenylketonuria is inherited as a(n) ________ disease.

1. autosomal dominant
2. autosomal recessive
3. sex-linked recessive
4. sex-linked dominant
5. cannont make a reasonable guess from this information

2007-10-29 14:59:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Biology

2 answers

2. autosomal recessive

Can't be dominant or it would have shown up in some of the previous generations.
Isn't sex-linked because the father would have had to had PKU.

2007-10-29 15:11:02 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0 0

2 autosomal recessive

2007-10-29 22:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0 0

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