The Inheritance Of A Skin Condition In Humans

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The Inheritance Of A Skin Condition In Humans

in humans Consider the following family history: Bob has a genetic condition that affects his skin. Bob's wife, Eleanor, has normal skin. No one in Eleanor's family has ever had the skin condition. Bob and Eleanor have a large family. Of their eleven children, all six of their sons have normal skin, but all five of their daughters have the same skin condition as Bob. Based on Bob and Eleanor's family history, what inheritance pattern does the skin condition most likely follow?
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X-linked dominant -If the skin condition is caused by an X-liked dominant allele, a father would pass the allele on to all of his daughters. In contrast, the father would not pass the allele on to any of his sons because the sons would receive the father's Y chromosomes, not his X chromosome.

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