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A couple and some of their relatives are screened for Gaucher disease in a community
a. Draw a pedigree of this family, including the woman, the man, their siblings, parents, and grandparents.
b. On the pedigree, write the genotypes (GG, Gg, or gg) for each person who has been tested or for whom you can deduce a genotype. If a genotype cannot be determined completely, list the alleles you know or deduce must be present.
c. Explain why you are able to assigngenotypes to the man’s parents despite their not being tested.
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Genetic Analysis: An Integrated Approach (3rd Edition)
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