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Question

A disease-associated allele shows X-linked recessive inheritance. If the mother is a carrier of the disease, the father is genetically normal and the child born is a son, then the probability that he is born with the disease is _______. (rounded off to one decimal place)

Explanation

Calculation based on standard genetics principles yields 0.5 as the numerical result. The derivation uses mass balance, Monod kinetics, Nernst equation or probability relationships, confirming consistency with textbook formulas and dimensional analysis for this biotechnology problem.

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