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Question
Name the kind of diseases/disorders and any two symptoms that are likely to occur in humans if Mutation in the gene that codes for an enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase occurs.
Solution
Phenylketonuria is the disease caused due to the mutation in a gene that codes for an enzyme phenylalanine hydroxylase.
symptoms:
seizures
stunted growth
skin rashes
small head size
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