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Question 3 (1 Point) Carriers of a Disease. __ Will Always Produce Children with the Disease Are Heterozygotes for the Gene That Can

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Question 3 (1 point) Carriers of a disease. __ will always produce children with the disease are heterozygotes for the gene that can cause the disease always die from the disease are indicated by solid symbols on a family pedigree

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Carriers of a disease are **heterozygotes for the gene that can cause the disease**. They carry one copy of the normal gene and one copy of the disease-causing gene. They may not exhibit symptoms of the disease themselves, but they can pass the disease-causing gene on to their offspring.