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.
1 answer
The most likely explanation for a child exhibiting a heritable trait that neither parent exhibits is:
The trait is recessive, and the child inherited a recessive allele from each parent.
This scenario is possible if both parents are carriers of a recessive allele for the trait, allowing the child to inherit the trait even though it does not appear in the parents.
