Biology for IGCSE & O level - Inheritance (Section 10 - No. 27)

What does the term "carrier" mean in genetics?

An individual with a dominant allele.

An individual who expresses a recessive trait.

An individual who carries a recessive allele but does not express the trait.

An individual who has a mutation in a gene.

A carrier possesses a recessive allele but does not display the associated trait, often because they also have a dominant allele.