Question: A woman has a particular disease and all of her children (1 male, 1 female) have the disease. The father does not have the disease. What is the possible inheritance pattern for the disorder? A) X-linked recessive B) Y-linked dominant C) Defect carried on mitochondrial DNA D) Y-linked recessive Solution c) Defect carried on mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondria are known as powerhouse of cell, each mitochondria comprises of their own DNA. This DNA forms the small portion in the cell, but the major portion is present in the nucleus. Disorder in the mitochondrial DNA during inheritance results from the process of mutation. The results in the defect in mitochondria, which affect both males and females, but only female can transmit or pass characters to the next generation..