A homozygous dominant man with Marfan Syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder, has children with an unaffected woman. • What is the genotypic ratio of their offspring? • What is the probability that their children will be affected by Marfan Syndrome?

A homozygous dominant man with Marfan Syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder, has children with an unaffected woman. • What is the genotypic ratio of their offspring? • What is the probability that their children will be affected by Marfan Syndrome?

Concepts of Biology

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

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•A homozygous dominant man with Marfan
Syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder,
has children with an unaffected woman.
• What is the genotypic ratio of their offspring?
• What is the probability that their children will be
affected by Marfan Syndrome?

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