Definition 1

Dr. Foster: ‘I’m afraid that’s not the definition we’re looking for.’

You quickly look up the term carrier on the internet from your Tablet…

“A carrier individual does not show symptoms of the disease.” 

Let’s be sure we correctly apply this understanding in our thalassemia example. If Jake is a carrier, then he likely carries one copy of the mutation but doesn’t exhibit any clinical symptoms. Keeping this in mind, does that match the definition you’ve just selected? Or do we need to move on to the other option?”

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