A Client Is Not Certain Whether She and Her Family

question 23

Multiple Choice

A client is not certain whether she and her family should participate in a genetic screening plan.She asks the nurse why the X-linked recessive disorder that has been noted in some of her family members is expressed in males more frequently than in females.What is the nurse's best response?

• A) "The disease tends to show up in males because they don't have a second X chromosome to balance expression of the gene."
• B) "One X chromosome of a pair is always inactive in females. This inactivity effectively negates the effects of the gene."
• C) "Females are known to have more effective DNA repair mechanisms than males, thus negating the damage caused by the recessive gene."
• D) "Expression of genes from the male's Y chromosome does not occur in females, so they are essentially immune to the effects of the gene."

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