Heterozygote screening normally involves:
A) testing healthy individuals to see if they possess mutant alleles that may make them ill later in life.
B) testing newborn infants to see if they have a genetic disorder so that they can be treated immediately.
C) examining fetal cells to see if they have a serious genetic disorder so that the pregnancy can be terminated if the parents so desire.
D) testing to determine if two parents are related to each other.
E) testing adult members of a particular population to identify heterozygous carriers for a recessive disorder.
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