Question: A child is born with a genetic disease. Neither parent has it. Explain how this can happen.

I think it has something to do with the parent being a carrier of the disease but it being recessive.. HELP????

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Question: A child is born with a genetic disease. Neither parent has it. Explain how this can happen.

I think it has something to do with the parent being a carrier of the disease but it being recessive.. HELP????

pooja195 · Answer

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pooja195 · Answer

Yes, you are absoulutly correct one parent has to be the recessive gene carrier to have a child born with the disease