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Suppose that you are a genetic counsellor, and a couple comes to you with concerns that if they have a child together, it could have hemophilia. Suppose also that neither one of them has hemophilia, but the woman's biological father did have an X-linked recessive form of hemophilia. Which of the following is the best advice you could give them?

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Each of their male offspring will have hemophilia, and each of their female offspring will have a 50% chance of having hemophilia.

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None of their offspring should have hemophilia, but each of their female offspring will be carriers for hemophilia.

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Each child that they produce will have a 50% chance of having hemophilia.

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Each of their male offspring will have a 50% chance of having hemophilia, and while their female offspring should not have hemophilia, they will each have a 50% chance of being carriers.

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