Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Monohybrid inheritance

Monohybrid inheritance — practice question

Cystic fibrosis is a genetic disorder passed on through inheritance. The allele for cystic fibrosis is recessive. A woman is heterozygous, and her partner is homozygous dominant. What must be true for any children they have?

  • AAll of their children will have cystic fibrosis.
  • BThere is a one in two chance of being heterozygous.
  • CThere is a one in four chance of being heterozygous.
  • DThere is no chance of having the cystic fibrosis allele.

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