Will a male child with NDI pass it on to their children? Male or female?
| Topic: | NDI: An Overview |
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| Author: | Robertson, Gary |
A male with the x-linked type of NDI cannot pass it to any of his sons, but he can pass it to his daughters who will be carriers but probably will have little or no sign of the disease. A male with the autosomal recessive type of NDI can pass the mutant gene to either a son or daughter but neither is likely to get the disease. If he has the dominant type (very rare), he can pass the gene and the disease to either a daughter or son.