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Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease of the lungs caused by a recessive allele. A man with Cystic Fibrosis marries a woman who does not have Cystic Fibrosis, but her father had the disease. What is the probability of the couple having a child that has Cystic Fibrosis?

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Answer:

There is no chance of child with the disease

Explanation:

As cystic fibrosis is a recessive disease homogeneous condition is required in child to have the disease . Since the mother is not suffering from the disease & there is no history in her family so she does not have the gene for cystic fibrosis

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