a person who is heterozygous for a disorder caused by recessive alleles is a carrier of the disorder. a carrier is a person who
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- A heterozygous individual has two different alleles for a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. - A recessive allele is an allele that only expresses its trait when two copies are present (homozygous recessive). - A carrier is an individual who has Show more…
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