The Incidence of Tay Sachs, an Autosomal Recessive Genetic Disorder

question 12

Multiple Choice

The incidence of Tay Sachs, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, is approximately 1 in 3,500 in a certain population of Ashkenazi Jews. Assuming Hardy- Weinberg equilibrium, what is the frequency of carriers for the Tay Sachs allele in this population?

• A) 3.3%
• B) 98.5%
• C) 1.5%
• D) 2.9%
• E) 1.7%

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