Question

Tay Sach's disease is a fatal genetic condition, in which affected individuals cannot metabolize fats properly. Children who inherit the disease rarely live past the age of five. The disease is caused by the presence of a homozygous recessive gene. If a child has Tay Sach's disease, what would her parents' genotypes be?

Answer 1

Most likely two dominant recessive genes. For example - pp or one parent could have Pp

Answer 2

Answer: Her father is heterozygous; her mother is heterozygous.

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