What Kind of an Inherited Disease Is Cystic Fibrosis If

question 64

Multiple Choice

What kind of an inherited disease is cystic fibrosis if each time two CF carriers conceive, there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF; a 50% chance that the child will be an asymptomatic carrier of the CF gene; and a 25% chance that the child will be a noncarrier?

• A) x-linked recessive
• B) x-linked dominant
• C) autosomal recessive
• D) autosomal dominant
• E) mitochondrial

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