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Rashid [163]
3 years ago
7

Blood samples are taken from the heel of newborn babies to test for a mutation in the pku gene

Biology
1 answer:
larisa [96]3 years ago
3 0

Answer:

The answer is true.

Explanation:

PKU is an inherited metabolic disease caused by a mutation of the gene for an enzyme responsible for metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine.

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