If a Man with Gaucher Type 1 Has Children with a Woman

question 22

Multiple Choice

If a man with Gaucher type 1 has children with a woman who is a carrier for the disorder, what is the expected risk pattern?

• A)All sons will be unaffected; all daughters will be carriers.
• B)All sons will be carriers; all daughters will be affected.
• C)All children will have one mutated allele and will at least be carriers; each child of either gender has a 50% risk of having the disease.
• D)Each child of either gender has a 50% risk of being a carrier, a 25% risk of having the disease, and a 25% risk of neither being a carrier nor having the disease.

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