Recessive inheritance occurs only when a person receives two _____ alleles,one from each parent.

A) dominant
B) recessive
C) homozygous
D) heterozygous

Recessive inheritance occurs when an individual receives two copies of an allele that produces a recessive trait. This means that both parents must be carriers of the recessive allele, and the individual must inherit one copy of the allele from each parent. If an individual receives one dominant and one recessive allele, they will express the dominant trait and not the recessive trait. If an individual has two dominant alleles or two copies of the same recessive allele, they are homozygous for that trait. If an individual has one dominant and one recessive allele, they are heterozygous.