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When daughters inherit one X chromosome from each parent and all daughters display a condition present in their father, the X chromosome from the father is likely carrying a trait associated with which type of inheritance?

1. Dominant pattern of inheritance
2. Recessive pattern of inheritance
3. Inheritance linked to sex chromosomes
4. Inheritance related to autosomes

Correct answer: Inheritance linked to sex chromosomes

Solution

The disease is linked to the X chromosome, and since daughters inherit one X chromosome from their father, the inheritance pattern is sex-linked.

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