A man with hemophilia (a recessive, sex-linked condition) has a d...

Question

A man with hemophilia (a recessive, sex-linked condition) has a daughter without the condition. She marries a man who does not have hemophilia. What is the probability that their daughter will have hemophilia? Their son? If they have four sons, what is the probability that all will be affected?

Accepted Answer

Hi everyone here, we have a question telling us A hemophilia carrier female marries a man who does not have hemophilia If they have two sons, what is the probability that both of them will be affected? So half of their male Children? Because this is a disease that is carried on the Y chromosome are going to have hemophilia. So we want to use our multiplication rules, so one half times one half equals 1/4. So our profitability is B 14th. Thank you for watching. Bye.

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