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Double lines in pedigree analysis shows :

  • A.Sex unspecific
  • B.Unaffected offspring
  • C.Marriages between related individuals
  • D.Marriages between unrelated individuals

Answer: C

A double line shows marriages between related individuals.

In standard pedigree symbols a single horizontal line joins a mating pair, and a double line marks a consanguineous mating, between relatives such as cousins. Such matings matter because they raise the chance that a child inherits two copies of the same rare recessive allele.

Sex unspecified is shown by a diamond, unaffected individuals by unshaded symbols, and a mating between unrelated people by an ordinary single line.

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