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A Couple Has Just Been Informed That One of Them

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A couple has just been informed that one of them has Huntington's disease, and that the other spouse does not have a disease allele. With this information, what is the chance that at least one of their two young children has a disease allele?


A) the chance that at least one of the unaffected children has a disease allele is 75%
B) the chance that at least one of the unaffected children has a disease allele is 100%
C) the chance that at least one of the unaffected children has a disease allele is 50%
D) the chance that at least one of the unaffected children has a disease allele is 25%
E) the chance that at least one of the unaffected children has a disease allele is 0%

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