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- noun genetics An individual who may be
clinically unaffected but who must carry agene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies todisorders inherited in anautosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner.
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(genetics) An individual who may be clinically unaffected but who must carry a gene mutation based on analysis of the family history; this usually applies to disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive manner.
March 10, 2024