In a certain family pedigree,you observe that 7 of a couple's 12 children display a disease trait.In the subsequent generation,some of the children of affected individuals have the disease,but none of the children of two unaffected parents do.You conclude that the disease is caused by a ________ allele.
A) recessive
B) dominant
C) redundant
D) wild-type

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The disease is likely caused by a dominant allele because it appears in every generation and affected individuals have affected children, while unaffected parents do not have affected children.

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