Pedigree. Here is a pedigree depicting X-linked recessive inheritance. These traits are often passed from a carrier mother to an affected son. X-linked traits are never passed from father to son.
Swing state definition, a state of the U.S. in which the Democratic and Republican candidates both have a good chance of winning and that is considered key to the outcome of a presidential election: the swing states of Ohio and Indiana. See more.
To our mind, there are nine truly swing states â Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin â where the election will be decided. Those states will hand out 110 electoral votes in November, roughly 41 percent of the 270 votes President Obama or former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney need to win.