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A pedigree diagram shows males and females affected equally, affected children can have unaffected parents, and heterozygotes have a normal phenotype. This is a(n) _____.Group of answer choicesautosomal recessive disorderautosomal dominant disordersex-linked disordermitochondrial disorderNext

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A pedigree diagram shows males and females affected equally, affected children can have unaffected parents, and heterozygotes have a normal phenotype. This is a(n) _____.Group of answer choicesautosomal recessive disorderautosomal dominant disordersex-linked disordermitochondrial disorderNext

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This is an autosomal recessive disorder.

Here's why:

  1. "Males and females affected equally": This suggests that the disorder is not sex-linked, as sex-linked disorders often affect one sex more than the other.

  2. "Affected children can have unaffected parents": This is a key characteristic of recessive disorders. In these cases, parents can be carriers of the disorder (meaning they have one copy of the disease-causing gene) without

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