The disease allele for a certain disease is s. The normal allele is S. The disease is observed when a person has both copies of the disease allele, s. Which pattern of inheritance does the disease follow?

Dominant
Multiple alleles
Polygenic
Recessive

Question

The disease allele for a certain disease is s. The normal allele is S. The disease is observed when a person has both copies of the disease allele, s. Which pattern of inheritance does the disease follow?

Dominant
 Multiple alleles
 Polygenic
 Recessive

Gucchi · Answer

Am I right with D?

Gucchi · Answer

@az

Gucchi · Answer

@axie

MrMudd183 · Answer

Which one do you think it is, using your knowledge about genetic traits?

Gucchi · Answer

D

MrMudd183 · Answer

Yep, I agree.

Do you know why it's D?

Gucchi · Answer

Thank you, i just picked it using the process of elimination since the other answer choices did not make sense.

MrMudd183 · Answer

Yep, the 2nd and 3rd answer choices are nowhere near correct so we can eliminate those right off the bat.

MrMudd183 · Answer

The 1st one isn't correct because a dominate trait is a capital letter.  For example, a pair of dominate traits are XY