What Does It Mean to Say That a Person Has

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Multiple Choice

What does it mean to say that a person has a heterozygous genotype for a disease and no disease phenotype?

• A) It means that the person has two copies of the disease allele.
• B) It means that the person has two copies of the normal allele.
• C) It means that the person exhibits the symptoms of the disease if the disease allele is recessive.
• D) It means that the person does not show symptoms of the disease if the disease allele is recessive.
• E) It means that the person is a carrier who has already sired children who show symptoms of the disease.

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