A trait is autosomal recessive if
- Acheck_circle
It can skip generations and may appear in offspring of unaffected (carrier) parents; both sexes equally affected
- B
It only manifests in females because expression requires two copies of the recessive allele
- C
It is passed exclusively from affected fathers to all of their sons but never to daughters
- D
It appears in every generation of a pedigree, with all affected individuals having an affected parent
Explanation
Autosomal recessive traits often skip generations because carriers (heterozygotes) don't show the phenotype.