Calculate the odds ratio that this disease

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A healthy couple has several children (4 girls and 3 boys). Two of the sons have a hereditary disease. Since the parents are unaffected, it is assumed that this is a recessive disease. How would you calculate the odds ratio that this disease is X-linked recessive vs. autosomal recessive?

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