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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Lily Buckley

24 July, 13:30

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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Gustavo Herrera · 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.