A parent is homozygous and a parent heterozygous for an autosomal recessive gene. What will be the outcome –
Correct Answer: 50% children affected, rest are carriers
Description: Autosomal recessive disorders
Autosomal recessive disorders are manifested in homozygous state, i.e. when both alleles at a given gene locus are mutant.
There may be following five situations -
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