Testing to Determine If Someone Is Heterozygous for a Recessive

question 42

Multiple Choice

Testing to determine if someone is heterozygous for a recessive allele is called_________ .

• A) carrier testing
• B) presymptomatic testing
• C) newborn genetic testing
• D) karyotyping
• E) direct- to- consumer testing

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