Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disorder caused by a recessive mutation. in a previous marriage, jim had a child with cystic fib
rosis, though neither jim nor his first wife had the disease. jim is now married to martha, who had a brother that died of cystic fibrosis. though martha does not have the disease, she found out that she is a carrier. what is the probability that jim and martha will have a baby with cystic fibrosis?
Jim is clearly a carrier for the disease, as is his new wife.
The distribution will be as such, with C denoted the dominant, non-disease trait and c denoting the hereditary disease. Only cc results in the disease. Martha Jim Offspring: C C c Cc, cC, CC, cc c
There is a 50% chance that the child is a carrier but does not have the disease (Cc) There is a 25% chance that the child inherited no disease allele and therefore is not a carrier (CC) There is a 25% chance that the child has the disease (cc)
The probability of having a baby with cystic fibrosis is 25%
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