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In which condition does a female carrier transmit a disease to half of her sons?

Answer: X-linked recessive.

  • A Autosomal recessive
  • B X-linked dominant
  • C X-linked recessive
  • D Y-linked

Correct answer: C. X-linked recessive

Explanation: X-linked recessive: carrier mother (XAXa) transmits the affected X to half her sons (XaY). Sons have only one X, so they show the disease.

Monohybrid Cross: Tt x TtParent 1 (Tt)Parent 2 (Tt)gametes: T, t (from each parent)TtTtTTTtTtttRatio 1 TT : 2 Tt : 1 tt (3 tall : 1 short if T = tall is dominant)

Punnett square for a monohybrid cross between two heterozygous (Tt) parents, showing the 3:1 phenotypic ratio predicted by Mendel's Law of Segregation.

Concept context

Mendel's laws, inheritance patterns, DNA structure, and molecular biology. Core of NEET biology.

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