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Q: What name is given to someone who has a gene for a recessive genetic disorder but does not have the disorder?
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When a plant has two recessive alleles for short stems its alleles are written?

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When a plant has Two recessive alleles for wrinkled seeds how would you write the symbols for its alleles?

well it depends on the letters that you are given, recessive alleles are ALWAYS lower case.An example answer would be: ss, where s would represent the recessive allele.