Albinism is known to be due to an autosomal recessive mutation. The first child of a couple with nor

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Albinism is known to be due to an autosomal recessive mutation. The first child of a couple with normal skin pigmentation was an albino. What is the probability that their second child will also be an albino ?

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Since albinism is a recessive character, a child will be albino only if it is homozygous for albinism genes. Since parents have normal skin, it means they are heterozygous. As a result of cross between two heterozygous parents, 25% of the children will be homozygous recessive. The nature of the cesond child is not affecter in any way by the nature of the first child because both are indeendent events.

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