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Meanings of genetic carrier in anglès
Person or organism that has inherited a genetic trait or mutation, but displays no symptoms.
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Usage of genetic carrier in anglès
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Alexandra was a genetic carrier of the 'bleeding disease,' as it was called, inheriting it from her grandmother Queen Victoria.
2
But when it emerges that Brian has an inherited heart condition, and neither parent is a genetic carrier for it, Jennifer is puzzled.
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"Your son's a genetic carrier, isn't he?"
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"The girl's father could be a genetic carrier," Erlendur said, still trying to grasp what the doctor had told him.
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"It wouldn't necessarily have to come out in him," the doctor said, "but he could be a genetic carrier, like his father."