Children with Diabetes Tend to Have Fathers,not Mothers,with the Illness

question 49

Multiple Choice

Children with diabetes tend to have fathers,not mothers,with the illness.The pattern of inheritance is best explained by __________.

• A) incomplete dominance
• B) X-linked inheritance
• C) genomic imprinting
• D) genetic mutation

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