A Pedigree Analysis for a Given Disorder's Occurrence in a Family

question 11

Multiple Choice

A pedigree analysis for a given disorder's occurrence in a family shows that, although both parents of an affected child are normal, each of the parents has had affected relatives with the same condition. The disorder is then which of the following?

• A)Recessive
• B)Dominant
• C)Incompletely dominant
• D)Maternally inherited
• E)A new mutation

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