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Haemolytic jaundice is due to dominant gene but only `20%` of the people develop this disease. A heterozygous man marries a homozygous normal wiman. What proportion of the children in population would be expected th have this disorder :-

A

`1/5`

B

`1/20`

C

`1/10`

D

`1/2`

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C
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