A 6-year-old boy who has mental retardation secondary to fragile X syndrome has been admitted to hospital with a mitral valve prolapse. A health care worker who is providing care for the family should have which of the following statements as part of her knowledge base around the disease?

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When the affected son procreates, he transmits the defective gene to all of his daughters, who become carriers of the mutant gene. The most common pattern of inheritance for fragile X syndrome is an unaffected mother carrying one normal and one mutant allele. The Y chromosome is not affected.

A 6-Year-Old Boy Who Has Mental Retardation Secondary to Fragile