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A healthy woman marries a sick man. They have five daughters and three sons. The daughters were all sick, but the sons were fine. This disorder is carried by which of the given option?

While the males inherit the father's "Y chromosome," the daughter inherits the father's "X chromosome." 

The characteristic is X-linked because it only affects the daughter and none of the sons. Daughters inherit the second X chromosome from their normal mother, who does not possess the trait's problematic allele. 

The characteristic is an X-linked dominant trait because it is manifested in daughters under heterozygous conditions.