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Pearson Edexcel GCSE (9-1) Biology practice

A genetic disease is caused by a recessive allele. If two unaffected parents have a child with the disease, what must be the genotypes of the parents?

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A genetic disease is caused by a recessive allele. If two unaffected parents have a child with the disease, what must be the genotypes of the parents?.

  1. A.Both homozygous dominant
  2. B.One homozygous dominant, one homozygous recessive
  3. C.Both heterozygous
  4. D.One heterozygous, one homozygous recessive

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