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A Nursing Instructor Is Guiding Nursing Students on Best Practices

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A nursing instructor is guiding nursing students on best practices for interviewing patients.Which of the following comments by a student would indicate the need for further instruction?


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Incomplete Dominance

A genetic phenomenon where the phenotype of a heterozygote is intermediate between the phenotypes of the two homozygotes.

Recessive

A genetic trait that is expressed only when two copies of the gene carrying the trait are present, as opposed to a dominant trait where only one copy is necessary.

Phenylketonuria

A genetic disorder characterized by the body's inability to break down the amino acid phenylalanine, leading to harmful buildup.

Recessive Gene

A gene that expresses its phenotypic trait only when homozygous, as its effect is masked by a dominant gene when heterozygous.

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