5. Hemophilia is caused by an X-linked recessive mutation in humans. If a woman whose paternal uncle (father's brother) was a hemophiliac marries a man whose brother is also a hemophiliac, what is the probability that their first child will have hemophilia? (Assume that no other cases of hemophilia and no hidden carriers exist in the family.) Draw the pedigree of the known people in the families along with the genotypes to show how you are able to calculate the probability.
My Question is what is the probability their first child will have hemophilia and drawn pedigrees for family members with genotypes.
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A man has both X and Y chromosomes as sex chromosomes in his body. Here, though the brother of the man is hemophiliac, a man can’t be a carrier of hemophilia. So, it can be said that his chromosome is “XnY”.Here, the “n” stands for “normal”.Though the paternal uncle is hemophiliac, a man cannot be a carrier of hemophilia, his niece will not be a career. So it can be said that the woman is also not a carrier and has the “XnX” chromosome.So, as the mother is not a carrier, their first child does not have a chance of having hemophilia. This can be determined as it is known that there is no hidden carrier of hemophilia in the family.
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