A Certain Type of Congenital Deafness in Humans Is Caused

question 53

Multiple Choice

A certain type of congenital deafness in humans is caused by a rare autosomal recessive gene.In a mating involving a deaf man and a deaf woman,could some of the children have normal hearing?

• A)No,because the parents would teach their children sign language.
• B)Yes,because it's rare.
• C)No,traits get passed down from father to child and the father is deaf.
• D)No,since the gene in question is recessive,both of the parents are homozygous and one would not expect normal hearing in the offspring.
• E)Yes,because traits assort independently.

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