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Title: What is the genotype of an organism that is a carrier for any autosomal recessive trait?
Post by: Miriamm on Sep 17, 2012
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Title: What is the genotype of an organism that is a carrier for any autosomal recessive trait?
Post by: sm1tty42 on Sep 17, 2012
Since the organism is a carrier, it expresses the dominant trait--meaning that it has at least one B allele. In order for it to carry the recessive trait, it must have at least one b allele. This means that the genotype must be Bb.