Q: What are people called who do not express a recessive phenotype but could pass down a recessive allele?
What are people called who do not express a recessive phenotype but could pass down a recessive allele?
Flexi Says: These people are called carriers. They do not have the disorder themselves, but they carry the mutant allele and can pass it to their offspring. Thus, the allele is likely to pass on to the next generation rather than die out.