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A mutation results in production of a protein that inhibits the action of other proteins resulting in an abnormal phenotype. The most likely mode of inheritance would be

  1. autosomal dominant

  2. autosomal recessive

  3. X-linked recessive

  4. mitochondrial
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Explanation

Such a mutation would cause a phenotype in the heterozygous state and therefore would be a dominant trait.

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