Multiple Choice
The classical form of the metabolic disease phenylketonuria is caused by a mutation in the gene encoding the enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH) , which converts phenylalanine to tyrosine.A variant form of phenylketonuria is caused by a mutation in a separate gene that encodes a different enzyme involved in the synthesis of a cofactor needed for PAH to function.Which of the following phenomena is illustrated by these two forms of phenylketonuria?
A) Nonanonymous polymorphism
B) Allelic heterogeneity
C) Compound heterozygosity
D) Locus heterogeneity
E) Anonymous polymorphism
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