If two parents do not have an autosomal recessive trait, What can you say about their children?

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Nicholas Knox

19 October, 17:50

If two parents do not have an autosomal recessive trait, What can you say about their children?

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Kenna Mckenzie · Answer 1

The child will also not have an autosomal trait unless both parents are carriers. More likely than not the child will have the dominate trait

Margaret · Answer 2

The children may or may not exhibit the trait. It depends if the parents are carriers of the trait or not. If they are both carriers, the children will have a 25% chance of exhibiting the trait, a 50% chance of being carriers, and a 25% chance of not having the allele for the trait at all. If only one parent is a carrier, their children will have a 50% of being a carrier and a 50% chance of not having the allele. If neither parent has the allele for the recessive trait, their children won't either.