Recessive genetic disorders are more frequent than disorders inherited as dominant because : a) recessive genetic disorders are limited to persons of the same ethnicity c) dominant genetic disorders are never expressed in males d) people carrying dominant genetic disorders always die before birth e ) carriers are not eliminated by the disease before reproduction

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