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  • If both parents are affected and an offspring is unaffect...
Multiple choice

If both parents are affected and an offspring is unaffected the parents are...

  1. heterozygous

  2. homozygous

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Explanation

If two affected parents produce an unaffected offspring, the parents must both carry the recessive allele, making them heterozygous for the trait.

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