Your Father Is Heterozygous for the Recessive Disorder Phenylketonuria (PKU)

question 63

Multiple Choice

Your father is heterozygous for the recessive disorder phenylketonuria (PKU) . You know your mother has two "good" alleles. You have a ____chance of having the disorder.

• A) 0%
• B) 100%
• C) 25%
• D) 50%
• E) 75%

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