Using information from the pedigree, what type of disease is Cystic Fibrosis?

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Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive genetic disorder. This means that an individual must inherit two copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent) in order to express the disease. If they only inherit one copy of the mutated gene, they will be a carrier but will not exhibit symptoms of the disease.