'''X-linked dominant''' is a descriptionmode of an [[autosomalmendelian dominantinheritance|inheritance]] inheritedin [[geneticwhich disorder]] caused bya [[mutationgene]]s in genes on the [[X chromosome]] is [[dominant]]<ref>[http://www.lpch.org/DiseaseHealthInfo/HealthLibrary/genetics/xdomin.html ThisX-linked inheritanceDominant: patternIncontinentia ispigmenti less- commonLucile thanPackard [[X-linkedChildren's recessive]Hospital] disorders</ref>. Females are more frequently affected than males, andalthough theany X-linked dominant gene is not [[sex linkage|sex linked]]. The chance of passing on an X-linked dominant disorder differs between men and women.
This inheritance pattern is less common than [[X-linked recessive]].
