Texts: 7. [3 points] Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a sex-linked condition, usually affects people with only one X chromosome in determining the probability. a. What is the probability that a woman whose brother has Duchenne's disease will have a child with Duchenne's disease? b. If a person's mother's brother (their uncle) had Duchenne's disease, what is the probability that they (the niece/nephew) have received the allele? c. If instead it is their father's brother who had the disease, what is the probability that they (again, the niece or nephew) have received the allele? 2

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Texts: 7. [3 points] Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a sex-linked condition, usually affects people with only one X chromosome in determining the probability. a. What is the probability that a woman whose brother has Duchenne's disease will have a child with Duchenne's disease? b. If a person's mother's brother (their uncle) had Duchenne's disease, what is the probability that they (the niece/nephew) have received the allele? c. If instead it is their father's brother who had the disease, what is the probability that they (again, the niece or nephew) have received the allele? 2

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Question Text	Texts: 7. [3 points] Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a sex-linked condition, usually affects people with only one X chromosome in determining the probability. a. What is the probability that a woman whose brother has Duchenne's disease will have a child with Duchenne's disease? b. If a person's mother's brother (their uncle) had Duchenne's disease, what is the probability that they (the niece/nephew) have received the allele? c. If instead it is their father's brother who had the disease, what is the probability that they (again, the niece or nephew) have received the allele? 2
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Subject	Biology
Class	Class 11

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