Question

Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease. In an island having a population of 200 people, 98 people suffer from cystic fibrosis. How many people are carriers of this disease?

Answer 1

Answer:

cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in a gene called CFTR. If both parents are carriers, each parent can pass on the changed copy or the normal copy to their children.

Answer 2

Rest of the 102 people are  carriers of the disease cystic fibrosis.

Explanation:

• This is because in spite of being a recessive disease almost half of the population is affected by cystic fibrosis.

• This means that majority of the population are carrier of the disease. cystic fibrosis is a degenerative disease that takes place due to mutation of a gene which is present in chromosome number 7.

• There is fibrosis of the digestive tract and other epithelial tissue which are present in the body.

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