What type of disorder is muscular dystrophy classified as?
A) sex-linked recessive
B) sex-linked dominant
C) codominance
D) pleiotropic
E) polygenic inheritance

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Muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder since the allele for the trait is located on the X chromosome. It takes one recessive allele in order for the trait to be expressed in males and two recessive alleles for the trait to be expressed in females.

What Type of Disorder Is Muscular Dystrophy Classified As