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found more than 400 different mutations in the PAH enzyme that are associated with PKU disease. how many alleles can be found in one individual?

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you can only have 2 alleles per gene

When a trait has three or more distinct alleles, we refer to it as having multiple alleles inheritance. The human ABO blood type alleles/trait is an example of a trait with multiple alleles.

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