Hemophilia is a genetic disorder in which the individual is unable to produce the blood clotting factor.It is a sex-linked genetic mutation.If the mother carries the mutation on one of her X chromosomes but not the other,the chances of her son inheriting the mutated X,and thus developing the disease,would statistically be:

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Hemophilia is a sex-linked genetic disorder that is carried on the X chromosome. Therefore, if a mother is a carrier of the mutated X chromosome but her other X chromosome is normal, there is a 50/50 chance that any son she has will inherit the mutated X chromosome and develop hemophilia. Daughters have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the carrier X chromosome, but since they have two X chromosomes, it is less likely they will develop the disease.

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