Hemophilia is called "the royal disease" because many European royal families had members with the condition. Hemophilia is a recessive, X‑linked disorder. Queen Victoria was unaffected by hemophilia, but was a carrier of the hemophilia gene (XHXh). Supposed Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was affected with hemophilia (XhY). What is the percent probability that a son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert would be unaffected by hemophilia?

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Amber Rich

26 June, 09:05

Hemophilia is called "the royal disease" because many European royal families had members with the condition. Hemophilia is a recessive, X‑linked disorder. Queen Victoria was unaffected by hemophilia, but was a carrier of the hemophilia gene (XHXh). Supposed Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, was affected with hemophilia (XhY). What is the percent probability that a son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert would be unaffected by hemophilia?

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Amanda Duran · Answer 1

Hemophilia was called / "the royal disease/" because many of the European royal families had members afflicted with hemophilia. Hemophilia is a sex-linked, recessive, X-chromosome disorder. It was known that Queen Victoria was unaffected but was a carrier of the hemophilia gene (XHXh).