If We Assume That the Average Person Carries One Deleterious

question 1

Multiple Choice

If we assume that the average person carries one deleterious autosomal recessive mutation,what is the risk that the child of an uncle-niece mating will be homozygous for one of the mutations present in the parents of the child's father?

• A) 1/64
• B) 1/32
• C) 1/16
• D) 1/11
• E) 1/8

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