X-Linked Dominant Inheritance
X-Linked Dominant Inheritance affects either sex, in this case however, females are affected more than males. Females when compared to males, they are more mildly and variably affected. The child of an affected female has a 50% chance of being affected, regardless of its sex. Affected males have all his daughters but none of his sons affected.
In a pedigree we can determine if the inheritance is X-linked dominant by seeing if only females are affected in the second generation and if the male parent is an affected individual and the mother is unaffected.
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