Which of the following best describes the inheritance pattern of most classical inborn errors like cystic fibrosis, sickle cell disease, and Tay–Sachs disease?
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Correct answer: Autosomal recessive
These disorders are typically inherited in an autosomal recessive manner — requiring two defective alleles (one from each parent) for the disease phenotype to appear.
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