NEET Biology question
A genetically diseased father (male) marries a normal female and the couple has 3 carrier girls and 5 normal sons. This may be which type of genetic disease?
Answer: (C)
Solution
This pattern — an affected father, a normal mother, with all daughters becoming (unaffected) carriers and all sons being completely normal — is the hallmark of an X-linked recessive disease. The affected father's single X chromosome (carrying the recessive disease
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