The Genotype of a Female Carrier of the X-Linked Recessive

question 20

Multiple Choice

The genotype of a female carrier of the X-linked recessive gene for Duchene muscular dystrophy is represented as

• A) X^DY.
• B) X^DX^d.
• C) X^d Y.
• D) X^DX^D.

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