An individual who is a carrier for a recessive genetic disorder but does not have symptoms of the disorder is
A) heterozygous.
B) homozygous for the recessive allele.
C) homozygous for the dominant allele.
D) either homozygous for the recessive allele or heterozygous.

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An individual who is a carrier for a recessive genetic disorder but does not have symptoms of the disorder is heterozygous, meaning they have one copy of the recessive allele and one copy of the dominant allele. If they were homozygous for the recessive allele, they would display symptoms of the disorder. If they were homozygous for the dominant allele, they wouldn't be a carrier for the disorder.

An Individual Who Is a Carrier for a Recessive Genetic