If your mother has cystic fibrosis, which is caused by a recessive allele, the odds of you having cystic fibrosis are

____.



a. 1/4
b. 1/2
c. 3/4
d. 1
e. impossible to determine without knowing your father’s genotype


ANSWER: e

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