Suppose one person in 100 is a carrier of a fatal recessive mutation, such that babies homozygous

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Suppose one person in 100 is a carrier of a fatal recessive mutation, such that babies homozygous for the mutation die soon after birth. In a population where there are 1,000,000 births per year, how many babies per year will be born with the lethal homozygous condition?

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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