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Q. In individual suffering from phenylketonuria,

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

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During phenylketonuria the affected individual lacks an enzyme that converts amino acid, phenylalanine into tyrosine (i.e. phenylalanine hydroxylase is absent). As a result of this phenylalanine is accumulated and converted into phenylpyruvic acid and other derivatives. This lack of the enzyme is due to the presence of autosomal defective gene on chromosome number $12$.