A newborn has been diagnosed with a disorder that occurs through an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. The parents ask the nurse, "Which of us passed on the gene that caused the disorder?" Which answer should the nurse tell them?
1. The female
2. The male
3. Neither
4. Both
4
Explanation: 4. An affected individual can have clinically normal parents, but both parents are generally carriers of the abnormal gene.
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