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The first article deals with the problem of using the response to injected phenylalanine to determine whether or not the subject is heterozygous for phenylketonuria. The second article suggests a third allele on the phenylketonuria locus, the corresponding enzyme having a higher affinity for phenylalanine than has the “normal” enzyme.
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WOOLF, L., CRANSTON, W. & GOODWIN, B. Genetics of Phenylketonuria: Heterozygosity for phenylketonuria. Nature 213, 882–883 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/213882a0
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