The "Penetrance" of an Inherited Disease Refers to the

question 10

Multiple Choice

The "penetrance" of an inherited disease refers to the

• A) variation in phenotypes caused by differences in genetic background.
• B) proportion of individuals with a particular mutation that expresses the disease phenotype.
• C) variation in phenotypes caused by different environmental factors.
• D) tendency for the severity of the disease to increase over several generations.

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