If Someone Who Is Heterozygous for (Or a Carrier Of)

question 1

Multiple Choice

If someone who is heterozygous for (or a carrier of) a recessive genetic disease has a child with a homozygous NON-carrier, what are the chances that the child will have (come down with) the disease? (Feel free to make an inheritance diagram on scratch paper if it will help you to think this through.)

• A) none in four (0%)
• B) one in four (25%)
• C) two in four (50%)
• D) three in four (75%)
• E) four in four (100%)

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