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A pregnant lady while reading about disease statistic learns that in her state one in every 20,000 males is born with a defeciency in G6PD. What is the probability for her child to be a carrier for this disease if she gives birth to a female child?
a) 1 in 20,000
b) 1 in 40,000
c) 1 in 10,000
d) 1 in 4 x 10*8
e) 1 in 2 x 10*8
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| mjl1717
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answer -e
All daughters from the mating of a carrier female with an unaffected male are unaffected, but half will be carriers.
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| alice8
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c) 1 in 10,000 :?:
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| meg
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c is my answer too
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correct, its c.
Its a simple HW equilibrium question regarding x-linked recessive diseases.
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