PKU Is a Recessive Disorder

question 25

Multiple Choice

PKU is a recessive disorder. If a woman who has PKU has a child, what is the child's possible genotype?

• A) Homozygous dominant.
• B) Homozygous recessive.
• C) Heterozygous.
• D) The genotype could be any one of these.
• E) There is not enough information to determine the child's genotype.

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