Hemophilia affects men much more than women. However, some women can be affected. The hemophilia allele is X-linked recessive. Based on Mendelian genetics, define whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE: ______If a woman is hemophiliac, her father also has this condition. ______The probability that the son of a carrier woman and an unaffected man is hemophiliac is 50%.

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 Hemophilia affects men much more than women. However, some women can be affected. The hemophilia allele is X-linked recessive. Based on Mendelian genetics, define whether the

following statements are TRUE or FALSE:

______If a woman is hemophiliac, her father also has this condition.

______The probability that the son of a carrier woman and an unaffected man is hemophiliac is 50%.

______The probability that the child of a carrier woman and an unaffected man is hemophiliac is 50%.

______The son of a hemophiliac man and a non-carrier woman will not have the disease.






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