In humans, red-green colorblindness is a recessive sex-linked trait. It is found on the X chromosome, not the Y. Because, males only have one X chromosome, they have a much greater chance of having red-green colorblindness. Females would have to be homozygous recessive in order to have red-green colorblindness.
Sex linked-traits refer to any gene which appears on the X or Y chromosome, so they can be specifically tracked through generations along with the specific X or Y. A great example of this is baldness, which occurs on the X chromosome. Oddly enough this is the female chromosome, but as females get two, the chances of two baldness genes is very low. In any case it generally only shows up as a thining of hair late in life. However, in a male the gene is alone and has a major effect (complete or partial baldness). Because a man must give his Y to his sons, a bald father does not make a bald son. However a bald maternal grandfather can make a bald son (the gene came from grandpa, through mom to son with a 50/50 chance).
There are several other sex-linked traits, but they all follow this pattern. They include things like hemophelia and colorblindness.
there traits that are carried by the choromosomes which determine sex or genosomes.
Sex-linked traits are inherited from the organism's parents.
Sex-linked traits
Because the Y chromosome is so small and has relatively few genes, most sex-linked traits are governed by genes of the X sex chromosome, and are therefore X-linked.
Most commonly sex linked traits are on the X chromosome, but rarely they can occur on the Y chromosome.
Slashes in what? I don't know of any connection or notation for sex-linked traits involving slashes.
Traits caused by proteins coded for on the sex (X and/or Y) chromosomes.
Traits caused by proteins coded for on the sex (X and/or Y) chromosomes.
No they don't, the autosomes are non sex linked chromosomes.
No they don't, the autosomes are non sex linked chromosomes.
It is called sex-linked inheritance. If the sex-linked gene is on the X sex chromosome, it is often called X-linked inheritance.
Often is certainly the wrong word. Such 'bad sex-linked traits' are considered rare.
In humans, most sex linked traits are carried on the X sex chromosome.