What kind of an inherited disease is cystic fibrosis if each time two CF carriers conceive, there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF; a 50% chance that the child will be an asymptomatic carrier of the CF gene; and a 25% chance that the child will be a noncarrier?
A. x-linked recessive
B. x-linked dominant
C. autosomal recessive
D. autosomal dominant
E. mitochondrial
Answer: C
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