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15 February, 03:52

What are the chances of two individuals having a child with tay-sachs if the father is an ashkenazi carrier and the mother is a french-canadian carrier?

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  1. 15 February, 06:23
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    The formula that we will be using to solve this problem is:[Likelihood of mom being a carrier] * [Likelihood of dad being a carrier] * [Likelihood of having an affected child if both parents are carriers]So plugging in the values: (1/30) * (1/300) * ¼ = 2.77 * 10 ^ - 5
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