If Your Mother Has Cystic Fibrosis, Which Is Caused by a Recessive

question 38

Multiple Choice

If your mother has cystic fibrosis, which is caused by a recessive allele, the odds of you having cystic fibrosis are ____.

• A) 1/4
• B) 1/2
• C) 3/4
• D) 1
• E) impossible to determine without knowing your father's genotype

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