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A. Two homozygous dominant parents will not give the recessive allele to their ou
spring, so all will reach sexual maturity.
B. Homozygous dominant individuals usually live past sexual maturity to pass
the dominant allele to their offspring.
C. Heterozygous individuals can pass on the recessive allele because they do
from having only one copy of the allele.
because they do not die
D. Two heterozygous parents who have reached sexual maturity will not give me
eressive allele to their offspring, so all will reach sexual maturity.