Human Heredity: Principles and Issues (MindTap Course List)
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Author: Michael Cummings
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Chapter 3, Problem 27QP
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To predict: The pedigree chart for the family based on the given information.
Introduction: The pedigree chart helps to depict the complete history of the pattern of inheritance of genetic disease from one generation to another generation. The inheritable genetic disease is either autosomal dominant or recessive or sex-linked based on which the probability of disease in a future generation can be predicted.
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