Question

if a female is unaffected and not a carrier of a recessive genetic disorder, what can be inferred about her genotype? heterozygous homozygous recessive homozygous dominant

Explanation:

In genetics, for a recessive genetic disorder:

• A heterozygous individual (\(Aa\)) is a carrier (has one normal allele \(A\) and one recessive disease - causing allele \(a\)).
• A homozygous recessive individual (\(aa\)) is affected by the disorder.
• A homozygous dominant individual (\(AA\)) has two normal alleles, is not affected by the recessive disorder, and is not a carrier.

Since the female is unaffected and not a carrier, she must have two normal (dominant) alleles.

Answer:

homozygous dominant