Consider a recessive condition where 40% of the affected individuals pass away by the age of 10 but those that survive to adulthood are just as likely to have children as the general population. What must the new mutation rate be if the incidence of the disorder is 1/10,000 to maintain a consistent incidence across generations? Answer format: Fraction - #/#

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Inheritance and Mendelian Genetics

Inheritance means the passing of traits to offspring from parents. These traits could be passed either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction. The offspring receives the genetic material from the parents. Mendelian inheritance is a certain biological inheritance that follows the rules and principles laid down by Gregor Mendel in 1865. The initial hypothesis was considered wrong, but other inheritance theories modified the concept of inheritance and thus genetics.