Question

individuals with tay - sachs disease, a recessive genetic disorder, usually die at a young age. why dont individuals with tay - sachs disease pass on the tay - sachs allele? a the recessive allele does not stay in the gene pool. b carriers are not affected. c affected individuals do not have children.

Explanation:

Tay - Sachs is a recessive genetic disorder and individuals with it usually die young. Since they die young, they do not reach reproductive age to have children and pass on the allele. Carriers are not relevant to why affected individuals don't pass on the allele. And the recessive allele does stay in the gene pool through carriers.

Answer:

C. Affected individuals do not have children.