Multiple Choice
What is the risk for disease expression among the offspring of a woman who has an autosomal-recessive disorder when her partner is a carrier for the same disorder?
A) All sons will be unaffected; all daughters will be carriers.
B) All children have a 50% risk for being affected and a 50% risk for being a carrier.
C) Daughters have a 50% risk for being affected; all sons will either be affected or carriers.
D) Each child of either gender has a 50% risk of being a carrier, a 25% risk of having the disease, and a 25% risk of neither being a carrier nor having the disease.
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