When Wild-Type Offspring Are Produced from a Cross Between Parents

question 40

Multiple Choice

When wild-type offspring are produced from a cross between parents that both display the same recessive phenotype, this illustrates the genetic phenomenon of ________.

• A) simple recessive alleles
• B) incomplete penetrance
• C) complementation
• D) gene dosage
• E) a spontaneous mutation

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