Lauren has chronic bronchitis and frequently ends up hospitalized with pneumonia. She has no family history of cystic fibrosis, a serious recessive genetic disorder which affects respiratory and digestive tracts. She and her husband Nat have one child after undergoing fertility treatments to overcome Nat's infertility. They are surprised when their child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and the genetic counselor tells them that they each also have the condition, which causes their bronchitis and infertility. Which of the following would be a reasonable explanation of their situation? Although the underlying disease is genetic, the severity of the disorder if influenced by environmental variation. O Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity. There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease. There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease and Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity are the only possibilities. O All of these are reasonable explanations.

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Lauren has chronic bronchitis and frequently ends up hospitalized with pneumonia.
She has no family history of cystic fibrosis, a serious recessive genetic disorder
which affects respiratory and digestive tracts. She and her husband Nat have one
child after undergoing fertility treatments to overcome Nat's infertility. They are
surprised when their child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and the genetic
counselor tells them that they each also have the condition, which causes their
bronchitis and infertility. Which of the following would be a reasonable explanation
of their situation?
Although the underlying disease is genetic, the severity of the disorder if influenced by
environmental variation.
Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity.
There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease.
There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease and
Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity are the only possibilities.
All of these are reasonable explanations.
Transcribed Image Text:Lauren has chronic bronchitis and frequently ends up hospitalized with pneumonia. She has no family history of cystic fibrosis, a serious recessive genetic disorder which affects respiratory and digestive tracts. She and her husband Nat have one child after undergoing fertility treatments to overcome Nat's infertility. They are surprised when their child is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis and the genetic counselor tells them that they each also have the condition, which causes their bronchitis and infertility. Which of the following would be a reasonable explanation of their situation? Although the underlying disease is genetic, the severity of the disorder if influenced by environmental variation. Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity. There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease. There are different alleles of cystic fibrosis which cause differing forms of the disease and Cystic fibrosis displays variable expressivity are the only possibilities. All of these are reasonable explanations.
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