In counseling a couple in which the man has an autosomal recessive disorder, and the woman has no gene for the disorder, the nurse uses Punnett squares to show the couple that the probability of their having a child with the disorder is

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When one parent has no gene for an autosomal recessive disorder, the children will not display the characteristics of the disorder. However, the children will be carriers of the autosomal recessive disorder.

In Counseling a Couple in Which the Man Has an Autosomal