If an individual receives a faulty, mutated copy of a gene from his or her mother, that person will most likely acquire a genetic disorder. T/F

Answer: False

Explanation:

It depends on the genetic disorder. Genetic disorders have different modes of inheritance.

If the genetic disorder is autosomal recessive and the mother passes down the faulty gene while the father passes down the normal gene, the child will carry the faulty gene but it will not be expressed.

If the genetic disorder is autosomal dominant and the mother passes down the faulty gene while the father passes down a normal copy of the gene, the gene will be expressed since it is dominant.

If the mode of inheritance is sex-linked, if a mother passes down a faulty gene to her son he will express the faulty gene. The sex chromosomes of males are XY while females are XX

The Y chromosome does not express genetic material because of its size. Since the son will only have one X chromose, he will most likely express any gene passed down. Whereas the daughter will only carry the gene since she has another X to mask the faulty gene.