Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)is caused by a gene on the human X chromosome.The patients have muscles that weaken over time because they have absent or decreased dystrophin,a muscle protein.They rarely live past their 20s.How likely is it for a woman to have this condition?
A)Women can never have this condition. B)One-half of the daughters of an affected man could have this condition. C)One-fourth of the children of an affected father and a carrier mother could have this condition. D)Very rarely would a woman have this condition; the condition would be due to a chromosome error. E)Only if a woman is XXX could she have this condition.