Question: A man carries a copy of the recessive Tay-Sachs disease allele (an autosomal disease that typical…



Question: A man carries a copy of the recessive Tay-Sachs disease allele (an autosomal disease that typical...

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Show transcribed image text A man carries a copy of the recessive Tay-Sachs disease allele (an autosomal disease that typically leads to death in the first few years of life). He marries a phenotypically normal woman. In this population the incidence of Tay-Sachs is 1 in 10,000. Assuming Hardy-Weinberg proportions: What is the probability the woman is also a carrier? What is the probability their child will have Tay-Sachs? Ashkenazi jews have the highest risk for Tay-Sachs, and 1 out of 27 people are carriers. What is the probability that an Ashkenazi couple have an affected child?

A man carries a copy of the recessive Tay-Sachs disease allele (an autosomal disease that typically leads to death in the first few years of life). He marries a phenotypically normal woman. In this population the incidence of Tay-Sachs is 1 in 10,000. Assuming Hardy-Weinberg proportions: What is the probability the woman is also a carrier? What is the probability their child will have Tay-Sachs? Ashkenazi jews have the highest risk for Tay-Sachs, and 1 out of 27 people are carriers. What is the probability that an Ashkenazi couple have an affected child?

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