Uniparental disomy explains
A) a person with dwarfism who has autosomal dominant achondroplasia born to parents of normal height.
B) some cases of severe blood infections.
C) a new mutation in which a child has a condition that no other relative has.
D) a child with an autosomal recessive condition who has one wild type parent and one carrier parent.
E) a child with an autosomal dominant condition who has two carrier parents.

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Uniparental disomy occurs when a child inherits two copies of a chromosome from one parent and none from the other. This can result in an autosomal recessive condition if the child receives two copies of a recessive allele from the carrier parent.

Uniparental Disomy Explains