With Respect to X-Linked Recessive Inheritance, Which, If Any, of the Following

question 14

Multiple Choice

With respect to X-linked recessive inheritance, which, if any, of the following statements is false?

• A) Males with just one mutant allele are affected because, lacking a second X chromosome, they do not have a normal allele.
• B) Women are always asymptomatic.
• C) The disorder is not transmitted from fathers to sons.
• D) Each child born to a normal man and a carrier woman has a risk of 1in 4 of being affected.

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