Haemophilia is an X-linked recessive inherited condition. Haemophilia affects the blood's ability to clot and those affected don't have as many clotting factors as normal. This means that people with haemophilia tend to bleed for longer than usual. Of the couple in the image the mother is a carrier of haemophilia (XX) and the father does not have haemophilia (XY). a) Draw a family tree showing this couple's probable outcomes for their male and female

Haemophilia is an X-linked recessive inherited condition. Haemophilia affects the blood's ability to clot and those affected don't have as many clotting factors as normal. This means that people with haemophilia tend to bleed for longer than usual. Of the couple in the image the mother is a carrier of haemophilia (XX) and the father does not have haemophilia (XY). a) Draw a family tree showing this couple's probable outcomes for their male and female

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Chapter8: Patterns Of Inheritance

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Problem 18CTQ: Could an individual with blood type O (genotype ii) be a legitimate child of parents in which one...

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