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An albino woman has children with a normal male who has no family history of albinism. What is the chance of their children being albino?

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The chance of the child being albino is 50/50
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Answer: 50%

Explanation: Take the genotype of the woman as "aa", while the man as "Aa". Under assortment, the first filial generation gives: "aa", "Aa", "aa", "Aa".

From the genotype expressed in the F1 generation, only two of the four offsprings were homozygous and recessive; thus, albinism will only be expressed half (1/2) of the time

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