Salim and Sara are contemplating having children, but Salim’s brother has galactosemia and Sara has a sister who has three children, none of whom is affected. Sara dad has no history in his family of any sign of the diease and it is assumed to be homozygous normal. What is the probability that salim and saras first child will have galactosemia?

Salim and Sara are contemplating having children, but Salim’s brother has galactosemia and Sara has a sister who has three children, none of whom is affected. Sara dad has no history in his family of any sign of the diease and it is assumed to be homozygous normal. What is the probability that salim and saras first child will have galactosemia?

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Chapter11: Genome Alterations: Mutation And Epigenetics

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