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If a dominant disorder is carried by one parent, what is likely to happen?
 
  A) The child is likely to develop the disease.
  B) The child has a 1 in 4 chance of developing the disease.
  C) The child will be unaffected.
  D) The child will be a carrier.

Question 2

What disease is commonly carried by people of French Canadian or Ashkenazi Jewish descent?
 
  A) diabetes
  B) hemophilia
  C) Huntington's disease
  D) Tay Sachs disease


juwms

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Reply #1 on: Jul 12, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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