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Hemophilia is an x-linked recessive trait. in a family, the mother knows she is a carrier and the father does not have the disease. the family is expecting triplets. they are worried about having boys that would have 50% chance of being affected. what is the probability of having one or more than one boy? consider two scenarios: if the triplets are monozygotic and if the triples are trizygotic

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The answer is 1/2 and 7/8

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