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Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder that results in an individual not having a functional gene for a clotting factor and therefore unable to clot blood. A couple has 4 boys. One of the boys has just been diagnosed with hemophilia. What is the probability that all of the other 3 boys will also have hemophilia?
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