Suppose that a disease is inherited via a dominant mode of inheritance and that

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Suppose that a disease is inherited via a dominant mode of inheritance and that only one of the two parents is affected with the disease. The implications of this mode of inheritance are that the probability is 1 in 2 that any particular offspring will get the disease 3.35Suppose the older child is affected. What is the probability that the younger child is affected? 3.36 If A, B are two events such that A = {older child is affected}, B = {younger child is affected}, then are the events A, B independent?

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Suppose that a disease is inherited via a dominant mode of inheritance and that only one of the two parents is affected with the disease. The implications of this mode of inheritance are that the probability is 1 in 2 that any particular offspring will get the disease 3.35Suppose the older child is affected. What is the probability that the younger child is affected? 3.36 If A, B are two events such that A = {older child is affected}, B = {younger child is affected}, then are the events A, B independent?

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