What Is a Recessive Disorder

question 7

Multiple Choice

What is a recessive disorder?

• A)a genetic disorder with two functioning alleles
• B)a genetic disorder that will express itself in the presence of one functioning allele
• C)a genetic disorder that will express itself in the presence of two recessive alleles
• D)a genetic disorder that involves change in chromosome number
• E)a genetic disorder that involves change in chromosome structure

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Definitions:

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