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- Homework Statement
- About 1% individuals in a population suffer from a genetic disorder. The cause was traced to such individuals being homozygous recessive for a single locus with two alleles. The elder of the two children of a family(where both the parents are normal) suffers from the disorder, while the younger one is normal. What is the probability that the third child will be a normal daughter?
(a) 49.5%
(b)12.5%
(c)37.5%
(d)25%
- Relevant Equations
- Ans: (c)
Attempt:
The disorder is autosomal recessive.
The probability = Probability of being a daughter x Probability of an affected child being born = ½×¼ = 1/8 x100 =12.5%