Inherited disease caused by a recessive autosomal allele

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Phenylketonuria is an inherited disease caused by a recessive autosomal allele. If a woman and her husband are both carriers, what is the probability that their first child will be a phenotypically normal girl?

Reference no: EM13527178

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