The most common form of dwarfism in humans, achondroplasia, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by the presence of a single faulty allele of a gene located on chromosome #4. If two heterozygotes for dwarfism have children, what proportion of their kids would you expect to be of typical size and NOT exhibit dwarfism?

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The most common form of dwarfism in humans, achondroplasia, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by the presence of a single faulty allele of a gene located on chromosome #4. If two heterozygotes for dwarfism have children, what proportion of their kids would you expect to be of typical size and NOT exhibit dwarfism?

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Question Text	The most common form of dwarfism in humans, achondroplasia, is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by the presence of a single faulty allele of a gene located on chromosome #4. If two heterozygotes for dwarfism have children, what proportion of their kids would you expect to be of typical size and NOT exhibit dwarfism?
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Subject	Biology
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