The Tay-Sachs Mutation: An Advantage for Carriers?

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Publication: Derech Hateva Volume 16

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Derech HaTeva is a publication of the undergraduate students of Stern College for Women. Editors in Chief: Kate Rosenblatt, Rose Snyder, Helen Unger

Because of the varied possible origins for the Tay-Sachs mutation, much uncertainty and division exists among researchers concerning an explanation for its elevated frequency within the Jewish population.

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