Since each child of two heterozygous parents has a 1/4 chance of receiving a recessive trait from each parent,
A)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child must be phenotypically dominant.
B)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child has a 3/4 chance of being phenotypically recessive.
C)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child has a 1/2 chance of being phenotypically recessive.
D)if the first child is phenotypically recessive,then the next child has a 1/4 chance of being phenotypically dominant.
E)no matter what the first child's phenotype,the next child will have a 1/4 chance of being phenotypically recessive.

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Each child of heterozygous parents independently has a 1/4 chance of being phenotypically recessive, regardless of the phenotype of any siblings.

Since Each Child of Two Heterozygous Parents Has a 1/4