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Human females have an XX genotype while males have XY. In some organisms this is opposite or entirely different. A sex linked trait means that it is carried on either the X chromosome or the Y. If the sex linked trait is carried on the X chromosome and a female's father is a carrier for that trait then she would inherit it from her father because her father can only giver her his X chromosome. The father being a "carrier" means his X chromosome would have the trait but his Y chromosome would not because it is not carried on the Y and he would not display the phenotype for this trait. If the mother displays the phenotype for the trait then her daughter will as well because she can only give an X chromosome to her daughter.

So to answer your question the woman would have an XX genotype (excluding abnormalities such as turner's syndrome and triple X syndrome)

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