If a small region of a chromosome containing a non-essential gene is completely deleted, and an organism has two identical chromosomes with this deletion, then the organism

A) has no alleles of that gene.
B) is dead.
C) has more heterochromatin.
D) has recessive alleles of those genes.
E) will exhibit pseudodominance.


D

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