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Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive condition, with high carrier frequencies known for multiple ethnicities: Armenian 1...

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Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessivecondition, with high carrier frequencies known for multipleethnicities:

Armenian 1 in 8  

Ashkenazi Jewish 1 in 13

Sephardic Jewish 1 in 14

Turkish 1 in 8

What are the chances of an Armenian man and a Sephardic Jewishwoman having a baby who is affected with this condition?

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Let us first understand what is autosomal recessive diseaseautosomal recessive disease means two copies of anabnormal gene must be present in order for the disease or trait    See Answer
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