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Marriages in close relatives result into deformed babies because of receiving

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dominant alleles

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two copies of same recessive allele

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a deleted piece of DNA from mother

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two copies of dominant alleles

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The correct option is B two copies of same recessive allele
These result in genetic disorders due to the great similarity in genes and the inheritance of the recessive alleles.

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