A carrier is a person who has
A. one recessive and one dominant allele for a trait
B. two recessive alleles for a trait
C.two dominant alleles for a trait
D. more than two alleles for a trait (my answer)
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An organism's genotype represents the two alleles inherited for a given trait. For an organism to be a carrier, the genotype must include one copy of a recessive allele. Carriers do not exhibit the physical trait, but have a 50 percent chance of passing the gene on to an offspring.
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