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Use the following pedigree (Figure 11.3) for a family in which dark-shaded symbols represent individuals with one of the two major types of colon cancer. Numbers under the symbols are the individual's age at the time of diagnosis.
Use the following pedigree (Figure 11.3)  for a family in which dark-shaded symbols represent individuals with one of the two major types of colon cancer. Numbers under the symbols are the individual's age at the time of diagnosis.    Figure 11.3 -The affected woman in generation IV is thinking about her future and asks her oncologist (cancer specialist)  whether she can know whether any or all of her children will have a high risk of the same cancer. The doctor would be expected to advise which of the following? I. genetic counseling II)  prenatal diagnosis when/if she becomes pregnant III)  testing to see whether she has the allele IV)  testing to see whether her future spouse or partner has the allele A)  I only B)  II only C)  I, II, and IV only D)  I, II, and III only E)  III and IV only Figure 11.3
-The affected woman in generation IV is thinking about her future and asks her oncologist (cancer specialist) whether she can know whether any or all of her children will have a high risk of the same cancer. The doctor would be expected to advise which of the following? I. genetic counseling
II) prenatal diagnosis when/if she becomes pregnant
III) testing to see whether she has the allele
IV) testing to see whether her future spouse or partner has the allele


A) I only
B) II only
C) I, II, and IV only
D) I, II, and III only
E) III and IV only

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