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Introduction: An allele is defined as a variant of a gene responsible for coding for a specific character. There are two different alleles for each
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Which statement about the pattern of inheritance for a rare dominant allele is true?
OA. Unaffected mothers have sons who are affected and daughters who are carriers.
B. Every affected person has an affected parent.
C. Affected parents do not produce affected children.
D. Unaffected fathers have sons who are affected and daughters who are carriers.
E. Unaffected parents can produce children who are affected.
The AB blood type in the ABO blood group
is an example of
a. dominant versus recessive alleles.
b. incomplete dominance.
C. codominance.
d. a polygenic trait.
e. sex-linked inheritance.
The AB blood type in the ABO blood group is an example ofa. dominant versus recessive alleles.b. incomplete dominance.c. codominance.d. a polygenic trait.e. sex-linked inheritance.
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