What kind of an inherited disease is cystic fibrosis if each time two CF carriers conceive, there is a 25% chance that their child will have CF; a 50% chance that the child will be an asymptomatic carrier of the CF gene; and a 25% chance that the child will be a noncarrier?

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The inheritance pattern described is consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance, where two carriers (heterozygotes) have a 25% chance of having an affected child with the disorder, a 50% chance of having an unaffected carrier child, and a 25% chance of having an unaffected noncarrier child.

What Kind of an Inherited Disease Is Cystic Fibrosis If