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charchew

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Because sickle cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disease, there is a __________ chance that the child of two carriers will have the disease.
 
  a. 100
  b. 50
  c. 25
  d. 0

Question 2

Huntington's disease is an example of a __________.
 
  a. disease caused by environmental exposure to specific stressors
  b. polyglutamine expansion disease
  c. deletion of two DNA bases
  d. substitution DNA mutation


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rnehls

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: b


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Reply 2 on: Jul 10, 2018
Gracias!

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