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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease. The allele for cystic fibrosis is recessive. What does this mean? .

Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease. The allele for cystic fibrosis is recessive. What does this mean? .
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Cystic fibrosis is a hereditary disease. The allele for cystic fibrosis is recessive. What does this mean? .

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Answer: Cystic fibrosis can be carried in a heterozygote and affect a homozygous offspring.

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By definition, a recessive gene is one that can be masked by a dominant gene.

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