If one person in 50 is a carrier of an autosomal recessive disorder in a population,the chance that an unrelated man and woman are both carriers is

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The probability of an unrelated man and woman both being carriers will be the product of their individual probabilities of being carriers.

The probability of an individual being a carrier is 1/50, so the probability of both the man and woman being carriers will be (1/50) x (1/50), which gives us 1/2500. Therefore, the correct answer is (D) 1/2500.

If One Person in 50 Is a Carrier of an Autosomal