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A woman who has two brothers and a maternal uncle (her mother's brother) with non-specific X-linked mental retardation is referred for genetic counselling. There are no diagnostic tests available to help determine whether or not she is a carrier. Which of the following is correct?

#Unit 8. Inheritance Biology
  1. The prior probability that she is a carrier is 1 in 4.
  2. The woman already has two unaffected sons. Therefore, the probability that she is a carrier can be calculated using Bayes' theorem to be 1 in 5.
  3. This means that the probability that her next son will be affected or that her next daughter will be a carrier is 1 in 5.
  4. The probability that the maternal grandmother of this woman is a carrier is 1 in 2.
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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

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#Unit 13. Methods in Biology

Two balls are to be drawn from a bag containing 5 red and 7 white balls. Find the chance that they will both be white