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If a woman is a carrier for a sex-linked disorder, what is her genotype?

If a woman is a carrier for a sex-linked disorder, what is her genotype?-example-1
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Answer:

X^aY

Step-by-step explanation:

Most sex-linked disorders are recessive, and males do not have the y chromosome, so therfore the genotype must have the recessive allele on the X^aY

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