You are advising a couple on the probability of their child having cystic fibros

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You are advising a couple on the probability of their child having cystic fibrosis an x linked disease. Neither parent has the disease but the woman’s father had the disease. What is the likelihood that the couples male and female children will have the disease
You are advising a couple on the probability of their child having cystic fibrosis an x linked disease. Neither parent has the disease but the woman’s father had the disease. What is the likelihood that the couples male and female children will have the disease You are advising a couple on the probability of their child having cystic fibrosis an x linked disease. Neither parent has the disease but the woman’s father had the disease. What is the likelihood that the couples male and female children will have the disease

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Since women's father was having disease; women is carriers to disease. Both male and female offspring which are getting normal version of gene from mother are without having disease. But male offspring getting defective gene will develop disease and female will become carrier to diseases.

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