What is a carrier?
A)An individual that has a genetic disorder
B)An individual that is healthy but carries one disease-causing recessive allele
C)An individual that is healthy but carries one disease-causing dominant allele
D)An individual that is homozygous at the gene site of interest

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A carrier is an individual who is healthy but carries one disease-causing recessive allele. They do not exhibit symptoms of the disease but have the potential to pass the allele to their offspring.

What Is a Carrier