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To state: The probability of a male child and a female child being affected if the mother carries a gene for sex-linked recessive disorder.
Concept introduction: Inheritance patterns determine how a trait is passed from parents to offspring. They are classified as autosomal or X-linked and dominant or recessive. X-linked recessive disorders occur due to the presence of a mutated gene on the X chromosome.
To state: The probability of a male child and a female child being affected if the father carries a gene for a sex-linked recessive disorder.
Concept introduction: Inheritance patterns determine how a trait is passed from parents to offspring. They are classified as autosomal or X-linked and dominant or recessive. X-linked recessive disorders occur due to the presence of a mutated gene on the X chromosome.
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