Duchennnes’s muscular dystrophy is caused by a rare sex-linked allele and usually affects only males. Victims of the disease become progressively weaker starting early in life. If your mother’s brother (your uncle) had Duchennes’s disease, what is the probability that you received the allele?

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Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305251052

Author:Michael Cummings

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Chapter10: From Proteins To Phenotypes

Section10.7: Defects In Transport Proteins: Hemoglobin

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