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Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects lung function in humans. a man and a woman are both unaffected heterozygous carriers of a cystic fibrosis gene. if the couple has two children, what is the probability that their first child will be unaffected and their second child will be unaffected?

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the probability is 3/4 * 3/4 or 9/16
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