Brittany and Jarod Have Been Trying to Have a Second

question 38

Multiple Choice

Brittany and Jarod have been trying to have a second child for 10 years.They have one healthy child,but Brittany has had four early spontaneous abortions.One explanation for the many pregnancy losses is that Brittany and Jarod

• A) are not having sex frequently enough.
• B) are each heterozygous for lethal alleles of the same gene.
• C) are each homozygous for lethal alleles of the same gene.
• D) have different alleles for all of their vital genes.
• E) are having sex too often.

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