KROK 1 2009 – Question 2 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A man suffering from a hereditary disease married a healthy woman. They got 5 children, three girls and two boys. All the girls inherited their father’s disease. What is the type of the disease inheritance?
- A. Autosomal recessive
- B. Dominant, X-linked
- C. Y-linked
- D. Recessive, X-linked
- E. Autosomal dominant
Hint
Trace which sex chromosome a father hands to his daughters and which to his sons, and compare that with who is affected here.
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