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Which of the following is true about the inheritance pattern of a sex-linked trait?

It is always inherited through a recessive gene.
It is always inherited through a dominant gene.
Both men and women have equal chances to inherit it.
One sex has higher chances to inherit it than the other.

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D. One sex has a higher chance to inherit it than the other (male).

These can be either recessive or dominant. We usually think more of the recessive traits like color blindness and hemophilia but dominant sex-linked traits also exist (fragile X).
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