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Cystic fibrosis (cf) is caused by a recessive allele. a couple who do not have cf have a child that has cf. what is the probability that if they have another child, that the child will be heterozygous for cf?

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like a 50% chance or 1/2
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Answer: 50% but some times that child be comes a carrier. it is hard to explain even for me. i have it and i only know a little, so to help you out, here is an image.

hope this helps

Cystic fibrosis (cf) is caused by a recessive allele. a couple who do not have cf-example-1
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