CAMPBELL BIOLOGY V.2(BHCC>CUSTOM<)
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Chapter 15, Problem 1TYU
A man with hemophilia (a recessive, sex-linked condition) has a daughter without the condition. She marries a man who does not have hemophilia. What is the probability that their daughter will have hemophilia? Their son? If they have four sons, what is the probability that all will be affected?
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A man with hemophilia (a recessive, sex-linkedcondition) has a daughter without the condition.She marries a man who does not have hemophilia.What is the probability that their daughter willhave hemophilia? Their son? If they have foursons, what is the probability that all will be affected?
A form of hemophilia is caused by a sex-linked (X-linked) recessive gene. A phenotypically normal woman whose father had hemophilia marries a man who suffers with hemophilia. What is the probability that their first daughter will have hemophilia?
In a family, the mother has type A blood, the daughter has type O blood, and the son has type B blood.
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CAMPBELL BIOLOGY V.2(BHCC>CUSTOM<)
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