A 53-year-old male client presents with a constellation of symptoms that leads the nurse to believe that his disease is of a genetic etiology. His disease manifested when he was a teenager. The...

A 53-year-old male client presents with a constellation of symptoms that leads the nurse to believe that his disease is of a genetic etiology. His disease manifested when he was a teenager. The client's 29-year-old son is affected with the same disease. The client's 27-year-old daughter is healthy with an unremarkable clinical history. However, her two sons are similarly affected as their uncle. Which of the following is a mode of inheritance that most likely applies to this family?

a. Autosomal dominant

b. Autosomal recessive

c. Genetic diversity

d. Genetic drift