Consider the Case of X-Linked Inheritance of a Recessive Mutant

question 239

Multiple Choice

Consider the case of X-linked inheritance of a recessive mutant allele.Among progeny from a cross of an unaffected male and a heterozygous female carrier,

• A) all male offspring of would show the trait.
• B) all female offspring would be carriers.
• C) all male offspring who receive the recessive mutant X chromosome would show the trait.
• D) all female offspring who receive the recessive mutant X would show the trait.
• E) roughly half of the female offspring would show the trait.

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