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A woman has an X-linked condition on one of her X chromosomes. This chromosome can be inherited by :-
(1) Only daughters
(2) Only sons
(3) Only grandchildren
(4) Both sons and daughters

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The correct option is(4) Both sons and daughters

Explanation:

In the given problem, woman is the carrier of X-linked condition and she can transmit the carrier allele to both her son and daughter, The resulting son will become diseased because of X-linked disorder always affect males due to the presence of single X-chromosome.

The daughter offspring will become a carrier but not diseased because females are affected by X-linked disorder in homozygous recessive condition, i.e. two recessive alleles are required.

Hence, 50% son are diseased and 50% are normal. Similarly, 50% daughter are carrier and 50% are normal.

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