Rare autosomal recessive disorder

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Gaucher's disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder. A woman whose brother has Gaucher's disease and a man whose mother had Gaucher's disease are concerned about the risk of passing this trait to their children. No other members of the family are known to be affected. Draw the pedigree for these families, label genotypes (use G and g), then use your pedigree to answer If the couple's first child does have Gaucher's disease, what is the probability that their second child will also be affected?

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