alleryA low-phenylalanine diet partly suppresses phenylketonuria. This shows:
Afixed genetic fate
Ba gene-diet interaction
Cblank slate learning
Dchromosomal change
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. a gene-diet interaction
1. Phenylketonuria is a genetic disease.
2. A diet low in the amino acid phenylalanine can partly suppress it.
3. Here the environment (diet) changes the effect of the gene, a classic gene-environment interaction.
_Source: Wikipedia, "Nature versus nurture" (rev 1379405136), section "Gene–environment interaction"_
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