A patient has two parents with Huntington's disease. They may not have inherited this autosomal dominant disorder due to:1) increased DNA repeats (CAG) during spermatogenesis2) incomplete penetrance3) inheriting one recessive allele

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Problem 7SA: Color blindness is a case of ________ inheritance. a. autosomal dominant c. X-linked dominant b....

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A patient has two parents with Huntington's disease. They may not have inherited this autosomal dominant disorder due to: 1) increased DNA repeats (CAG) during spermatogenesis 2) incomplete penetrance 3) inheriting one recessive allele