A nurse explains to a family that if a man has a recessive gene on his X chromosome, that characteristic can be passed on to
a. any child of either gender.
b. his daughters.
c. his sons.
d. no child as it is a random mutation.
B
Females have X chromosome from their mother and receive the X chromosome from their father (boys receive X from the mother and Y from the father). Therefore if the X chromosome is present in the conception of a female, only females can inherit it.
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