In the story of the Personal Genome Case, Claudia Gilmore had a 50-50 chance of inheriting the mutation in the BRCA1 gene because she is equally likely to inherit either of her father's BRCA1 alleles, and one of these is the mutant risk factor.

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This is stated in the story: "Because Claudia inherited one copy of the BRCA1 gene from each parent, she has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the mutation in the BRCA1 gene."

In the Story of the Personal Genome Case, Claudia Gilmore