What Is the Risk for a Person to Inherit an Autosomal-Dominant

question 4

Multiple Choice

What is the risk for a person to inherit an autosomal-dominant genetic disease-causing allele from a parent who is heterozygous if the disorder has a penetrance factorof 75%?

• A)100%
• B)75%
• C)50%
• D)25%

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