Question

Tay-Sachs is a lethal inherited disease that causes the brain of the infant to

deteriorate. Parents who are heterozygous for Tay-Sachs do not show signs of the disorder, but can pass the disorder to their child. Parents who do not have the disease, but can pass it on are called ____________. (Codominant/polygenic/carriers/sex-linked)

Answer 1

Carriers

Step-by-step explanation:

Since the Parents are heterozygous for the Tay-Sachs disease but don't have it, it's called a carrier. Hoped this helped :)

Answer 2

Tay-Sachs is a lethal inherited disease that causes the brain of the infant to

deteriorate. Parents who are heterozygous for Tay-Sachs do not show signs of the disorder, but can pass the disorder to their child. Parents who do not have the disease, but can pass it on are called CARRIERS

Step-by-step explanation:

Carriers are type of people that posses the traits or gene but it is not dominant which makes it not to be expressed phenotypically but it is passed across from parents to offspring