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Does alkaptonuria appear to be caused by a dominant allele or by a recessive allele? Does alkaptonuria appear to be caused by a dominant allele or by a recessive allele? dominant recessive

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Alkaptonuria is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait. Recessive genetic disorders occur when an individual inherits the same abnormal gene for the same trait from each parent.

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