Consider a group of 100 individuals (50 couples), all of whom carry a recessive disease allele. If 200 children were born to these couples, what percentage of the children would, theoretically, be carriers like their parents?
Correct answer: C. 50
- A. 0
- B. 25
- C. 50
- D. 75
Explanation
Since all the parents are heterozygotes each couple produces 4 children and in them, one is homozygous one is recessive and 2 are heterozygotes. So if each couple has 2 heterozygote children (carrier) 50 couples would have 100 children which is 50% of total of 200
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