You Are Studying Anemia

question 8

Multiple Choice

You are studying anemia.While looking at a pedigree you notice that the anemia phenotype is not present in a set of parents,but 1 out of their 5 children has anemia.What can you conclude about anemia?

• A)The trait is X-linked.
• B)The trait is autosomal dominant.
• C)The trait is autosomal recessive.
• D)We do not have enough data to conclude anything.

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