Albinism (without melanin pigmentation) is a recessive trait. A man and woman who both have normal pigmentation have one child out of three who has albinism. What are the genotypes of this child's parents?

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Both parents must be heterozygous

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One parent must be homozygous dominant; the other parent must be heterozygous

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One parent must be homozygous for the recessive allele; the other parent can be homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, or heterozygous

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One parent must be heterozygous; the other parent can be homozygous dominant, homozygous recessive, or heterozygous

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