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Question
If both the parents are carriers for thalassaemia, the chances of an afflicted child to be born to them is ______.
Options
25%
50%
75%
100%
MCQ
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Solution
If both the parents are carriers for thalassaemia, the chances of an afflicted child to be born to them is 25%.
Explanation:
If both parents are carriers for thalassaemia, they will have one normal and one mutant allele for the thalassaemia-related gene. Both parents have a 25% chance of passing their altered alleles to their children.
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