Someone who is heterozygous for a recessive genetic illness is said to be ________.
A) a carrier
B) pleiotropic
C) epistatic
D) allelic

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A heterozygous individual has one dominant allele and one recessive allele. Although they do not show symptoms of the recessive genetic illness, they can pass on the recessive allele to their offspring. Therefore, they are carriers of the illness.

Someone Who Is Heterozygous for a Recessive Genetic Illness Is