The gene that causes Tay-Sachs disease is most prevalent in
A)Jews of Eastern European descent.
B)Blacks.
C)Asians.
D)Mediterraneans.
E)all of these.

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Tay-Sachs disease is most prevalent in Jews of Eastern European descent. According to the National Tay-Sachs and Allied Diseases Association, the disease occurs in about one in every 3,600 live births in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, compared to one in every 300,000 births in the general population of the United States. The disease is also found in other populations, but at much lower rates.

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