With help from fertility specialists,a woman with very low follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone levels finally conceives a son.If her genetic condition is from a dominant allele and is passed on to her son,what is the likely result?
A)He may have fertility problems as well.
B)He is likely to have more sons than daughters.
C)He will be fine,but his daughters will have a 50% chance of fertility problems.
D)As a male,he will neither express nor pass on these genes.

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If the woman's fertility issues are caused by a genetic condition resulting from a dominant allele, and this condition is passed on to her son, he may also experience fertility problems. Dominant alleles require only one copy to be present for the trait they control to be expressed, meaning the son could inherit and express the condition just as his mother did.

With Help from Fertility Specialists,a Woman with Very Low Follicle-Stimulating