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What is the probability that a male will inherit an x-linked recessive allele from his father?

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0%, if it results in a male child, the child must have gotten the Y chromosome from the father, so there is no way he could get a X chromosome from the father.

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User Adir Kandel
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0% he cannot inherit an x from dad at all. You get one chromosome from mom and one from dad and dad is the only one who has a Y to pass on to his offspring to make them a male. So if the offspring were a male as in this case he HAS to get the Y from his dad and X from his mom
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