Which organism caused the disease that destroyed potato crops and led to the Irish potato famine in the mid-1800s?

A) Alveolates
B) Water mold
C) Excavates
D) Trypanosoma
E) Kinetoplastids


B

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A) her mother is a carrier and her father has the disorder. B) her mother is affected with the disorder. C) her father is hemizygous for the disorder and her mother is wild type. D) her father is a carrier of the disorder.

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