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 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.