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A Putative Father in Paternity Case Is Homozygous for Allele

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A putative father in paternity case is homozygous for allele 23 of the D21S11 gene. The frequency of allele 23 is 0.1. A child is born with a nonmaternal 23 allele at its D21S11 gene. What is the Paternity Index (PI) for this putative father in this case?


A) 1 * 0.1 = 0.1
B) 0.5 / 0.1 = 5
C) 1 / 0.1 = 10
D) 0.1 / 0.1 = 1
E) 0.1 * 0.1 = 0.01

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