If a disease shows its transmission from unaffected carrier female to some of the male progeny, the nature of its trait will be:

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X-linked recessive genes show criss-cross inheritance i.e. this gene is transferred from affaected male to female of next generation (carrier) and then it is transferred to male of next generation (affected) . If unaffected parents have affected progeny then this trait is often recessive. If affected parents (one or two) have unffected children then this trait is often dominant.

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