Which is the most likely explanation for a child exhibiting a heritable trait that neither parent exhibits?
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• A mutation occurred, and the child exhibits a new trait due to the mutation.
• A grandparent exhibits the trait, and the child inherited it directly from that person.
• The parents have recessive alleles, and the child inherited a dominant allele.
• The trait is recessive, and the child inherited a recessive allele from each parent.