Question

If a individual posses an allele for a diease but does not have the diease this person is known as a

Answer 1

The correct answer is - carrier.

Step-by-step explanation:

If an individual posses an allele for the disease and does not affect by the disease such a person known as the Carrier of the disease. Such a person only posses one allele of the mutated gene or disease gene and a normal gene in their genotype.

They are mostly heterozygous for the particular trait or disease, therefore, do not get affected by the only allele of the disease gene. Generally, such a disease found in a recessive gene that causes it to masked in a person and carried to the next generation.