A recently married man and woman discover that eachhad an uncle with alkaptonuria (black urine disease), arare disease caused by an autosomal recessive allele of asingle gene. They are about to have their first baby. Whatis the probability that their child will have alkaptonuria?

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Hematology

Hematology is the branch of biology. Hematology is the medical field that deals with the treatment of blood disorders and cancers, such as hemophilia, leukemia, lymphoma, and sickle-cell anemia. Hematologists and hematopathologists are medical professionals who specialize in illnesses of the blood and its components.