Can you inherit mpb from the female version?

[JFols]

There is no history of men in my family balding but my mothers hair is thin and she seems to think its getting thinner, is it possible that I got my mpb/diffuse shedding from her rather than a male gene?

[Morbo]

You can inherent it from either side of your family and sometimes it can skip a generation. In short, it does not really matter.

[JFols]

I understand but is there a difference between a mpb gene and a fpb gene, could I have inherited a baldness gene that originated in females? basically could I have mpb because she has fpb despite no men In my family being bald?

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

It is more likely that your mother has some hair loss genes inherited from a male relative somewhere in her family and passed it on to you.