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A mother carries one allele of a recessive gene for a disease on an autosome, and the father carries no recessive alleles of the gene for that disease. What is the likelihood of…

A mother carries one allele of a recessive gene for a disease on an autosome, and the father carries no recessive alleles of the gene for that disease. What is the likelihood of…
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A mother carries one allele of a recessive gene for a disease on an autosome, and the father carries no recessive

alleles of the gene for that disease. What is the likelihood of their child having the disease?
0%
100%
75%
50%

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User Shubhan
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because the gene is recessive that means both parents need to carry it for any likelihood so since the father does not carry the gene that means the answer is 0%.
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Answer:0

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