Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by two copies of a mutated CFTR gene
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Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by two copies of a mutated CFTR gene. If one in 100 people in the United States have cystic fibrosis and one in 5.0505050505 people are carriers for cystic fibrosis, calculate the number of individuals that are homozygous dominant. In other words, how many people would have two copies of the normal (non-mutated) CFTR gene. Use the Hardy-Weinberg equation and explain how you determined this.
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Solution: Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by two copies of a mutated CFTR gene