Someone with the genotype associated with hereditary pancreatitis might not show symptoms of the disorder because the disorder does not have a ________ level of 100%.
A) dominance
B) penetrance
C) polygenicity
D) homozygous
E) sex-linkage

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Penetrance refers to the proportion of individuals with a particular genotype that actually display the phenotype associated with the genotype. If a disorder does not have 100% penetrance, not all individuals with the genotype will show symptoms.

Someone with the Genotype Associated with Hereditary Pancreatitis Might Not