Question

Which is the most likely explanation for a child exhibiting a heritable trait that neither parent exhibits?(1 point)
Responses

The parents have recessive alleles, and the child inherited a dominant allele.
The parents have recessive alleles, and the child inherited a dominant allele.

The trait is recessive, and the child inherited a recessive allele from each parent.
The trait is recessive, and the child inherited a recessive allele from each parent.

A mutation occurred, and the child exhibits a new trait due to the mutation.
A mutation occurred, and the child exhibits a new trait due to the mutation.

A grandparent exhibits the trait, and the child inherited it directly from that person.

Answer 1

The trait is recessive, and the child inherited a recessive allele from each parent.

Explanation: If both parents are carriers (heterozygous) they do not show the recessive trait but can each pass the recessive allele to the child, who can be homozygous recessive and express the trait.