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1 point Hemophilia is a sex linked, recessive trait (x^h) Which of the following describes the probability of h hemophilia in the offspring of a man who has hemophilia and a woman whose father is a hemophiliac? Each of their sons will have hemophilia There is a 100% chance that their children will be carriers of hemophilia None of their daughters will have hemophilia Their sons have a 50% chance of having hemophilia

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Hemophilia is a sex linked, recessive trait (x^h) Which of the following describes the probability of h hemophilia in the offspring of a man who
has hemophilia and a woman whose father is a hemophiliac?
Each of their sons will have hemophilia
There is a 100%  chance that their children will be carriers of hemophilia
None of their daughters will have hemophilia
Their sons have a 50%  chance of having hemophilia

1 point Hemophilia is a sex linked, recessive trait (x^h) Which of the following describes the probability of h hemophilia in the offspring of a man who has hemophilia and a woman whose father is a hemophiliac? Each of their sons will have hemophilia There is a 100% chance that their children will be carriers of hemophilia None of their daughters will have hemophilia Their sons have a 50% chance of having hemophilia

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Their sons have a 50% chance of having hemophilia and there is a 100% chance that their children will be carriers of hemophilia.

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## Step1:<br />The man who has hemophilia can pass on an "X" chromosome with a "Hemophilia" allele to his offspring. This kind of genotype would be signified as "X^hY". Any child he has, regardless of sex, would have a least one "Hemophilia" X chromosome if they inherit the X chromosome from him.<br /><br />## Step2:<br />The woman, whose father is a Hemophiliac, carries one copy of the 'Hemophilia' allele from her father since by definition a son passes down his X chromosome to his daughters. However, since she is not hemophiliac herself, her mother must have given her a normal allele. So Her genotype would be referred to as "X^HX^h". When inheriting genes, the mother will pass on one of these X chromosomes to her offspring.<br /><br />## Step3:<br />Since Hemophilia is a recessive trait, it should be represented on both the X chromosomes for the trait to be phenotypically noticeable.<br /><br />## Step4:<br />For a son, born to these couple, since the Y chromosome from the father carries an allele for Hemophilia, he can contract the trait if his X chromosome from his mother carries one. Hence any son of this couple has a 50% chance of having Hemophilia.<br /><br />## Step5:<br />For daughters of this couple however, they definitely receives one normal X chromosome from the mother, and a possibly Hemophilia carrying X chromosome from the father. So while no daughters of this couple would be hemophilia (due to at least one normal X chromosome from the mother), they do have a 100% risk of being carriers (have one normal and one hemophilia carrying X chromosome).
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