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Docs, could a daughter have a sex linked disorder if her father has normal genes for the trait?

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Dr. Jalal Zuberi answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

Depends: It depends upon whether the disorder is Xlinked dominant or recessive. In the former, all children have 50 % chance of acquiring if mother is affected, while If father is affected 100 % of daughters will be affected. Whereas in the latter, daughters will not be affected if father is not.

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Answered 6/30/2014

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