Which of the Following Phrases INCORRECTLY Finishes This Statement? a Genetic

Multiple Choice

Which of the following phrases INCORRECTLY finishes this statement? A genetic disease that causes death in infancy and has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern can persist in a population because

A) it can be passed on to the next generation by a heterozygous carrier.
B) the deleterious effects of the disease may not occur until after reproductive age.
C) if both parents are carriers, they have a 50% chance of having normal children.
D) only homozygotes for the abnormal allele will have the disease.
E) individuals with one abnormal allele do not show symptoms of the disease.