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Meagan89

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i have to do an assessment on Duchenne muscular dystrophy i haev found all the information, but i am having trouble:eek: answering this question:
If sarah is the carrier, predict the possibility of them concieving a child with DMD?
if you could help it would be awesome, thanks
 

gokuyt

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is something missing in the question.

the question says them?
but only sarah is given, is there something like
her husband is a carrier or he is DMD free?
 

smurfus

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i think muscular dystrophy is sex linked

so the chances of having a child with the disease would be 50% of boys and none of the girls if her husband doesn't have it
 

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