Answer to Question #164993 in Cell Biology for kaylee

Question

Muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive condition that occurs in approximately one of every

3500 individuals. A woman who is a carrier of muscular dystrophy marries a man who does not have muscular dystrophy.

Which of the following is an expected outcome regarding the inheritance of muscular dystrophy by their children?

Answer 1

Answer: There is no chance of any of the man and woman's offspring developing mascular dystrophy.