Some combinations of recessive alleles cause problems so severe that a fetus may cease to develop. Such lethal allele combinations appear to alter Mendelian ratios because

A) carriers do not constitute a progeny class.

B) they do not show a 1:2:1 genotypic ratio.

C) homozygotes for the lethal allele do not appear as a progeny class.

D) homozygotes for the lethal allele pass it on to half their offspring.


C) homozygotes for the lethal allele do not appear as a progeny class.

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