The probability that the daughter of a woman with a dominant disease-causing allele on the X chromosome and a normal male will be affected with the disorder is

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The mother has one affected X chromosome and one normal X chromosome, while the father has normal X and Y chromosomes. The daughter will inherit one X chromosome from each parent, so there is a 1/2 chance she will inherit the affected X chromosome from her mother and be affected by the disorder.

The Probability That the Daughter of a Woman with a Dominant