In a pedigree showing an X-linked recessive disease such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, which parent transmits the defective gene to an affected male child?
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Correct answer: Mother only
X-linked recessive diseases are transmitted by carrier mothers; an affected male receives the mutant X chromosome from his mother, while the father contributes Y.
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