During Genetic Testing, One Parent Is Found to Have a Chromosomal

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Multiple Choice

During genetic testing, one parent is found to have a chromosomal abnormality without any physical or mental disability; however, the offspring has inherited physical and/or mental disability. During patient education, the nurse explains that the type of individual who can have a chromosomal abnormality without any disability but can cause his offspring to receive chromosomal alterations and disability is the parent with:

• A)Dominant-gene structural chromosomal inversions.
• B)Mosaicism.
• C)Dominant-gene structural chromosomal balanced translocations.
• D)Dominant-gene structural chromosomal deletions.

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