in the general population, 1 in 300 individuals is a carrier for tay-sachs disease, while 1 in 30 individuals of ashkenazi jew descent are carriers. tay-sachs also affects 1 in 30 individuals with french-canadian ancestry, although two completely unique mutations are responsible for the ashkenazi and french-canadian mutations.
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