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Title: The incidence of Tay-Sachs, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, is approximately 1 in 3,500 in ...
Post by: AnePerrier on Jan 4, 2022
The incidence of Tay-Sachs, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, is approximately 1 in 3,500 in a certain population of Ashkenazi Jews. Assuming that this population is in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, what is the probability that a phenotypically normal female, with no family history, and a phenotypically normal male, who had an affected sister, will have a child with Tay-Sachs?

▸ 0.028%

▸ 0.49%

▸ 0.55%

▸ 1.96%

▸ 2.2%


Title: The incidence of Tay-Sachs, an autosomal recessive genetic disorder, is approximately 1 in 3,500 in ...
Post by: djeghri on Jan 4, 2022
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