Ultimately, the child is diagnosed with a rare recessively inherited disease. The parents are tested for the gene, and both are found to be heterozygous. What would be the probability that the second child will have the disease?

A. 1/2
B. 1/16
C. 1/8
D. 1/4


D. 1/4

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