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11 years ago
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inherited disease caused by a recessive allele. If a woman and her husband are both carriers, what is the probability of a PKU child being born out of three?
1. 0%

2. 75%

3. 18%

4. 25% Pouting Face

5. 100%
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11 years ago
Quote from: Bree1anonly (11 years ago)
4. 25%

Rr x Rr will give you 3 to 1, so 25%.
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11 years ago
the real answer is 75%
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11 years ago
It happens when the kid has both recessive alleles (rr), and if the parents are both carriers, they are heterozygous dominant Rr... I stand by my answer unless you can prove me wrong Undecided

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