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They can inherit the traits from either parent, though the female is much more common as the trait may not be present in the female, though she may carry it on her extra X-chromosome.
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Is color blindness a dominant or a recessive trait?
Color blindness is a recessive sex linked trait.
Which is true of autosomal recessive diseases a. The disease can skips generations b. Males and Females have an equal chance of inheriting the mutant allele c. Only Males inherit the?
only A and B
Why do you sex linked traits follow different patterns of inheritance then other traits?
Males and females have different sex chromosomes.
A trait that can only be inherited by a male would be a?
Y-linked (sex-linked) - it would only be found on the Y chromosome - and therefore it is impossible for a female to inherit this.X-linked recessive traits are much more likely to occur in males, but it is still possible for a female to have them (if they have a defective gene on both their X chromosomes).
Why are sex-linked traits more conman in males?
Because males have XY configuration of sex chromosomes and females XX. So in xy situation even the recessive gene can express. That is why sex-linked characters in males are more common than females.
What statement is true about recessive sex-linked traits such as color blindness?
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Can males be carriers of sexlinked traits?
No. Carriers are people that carry the gene for something but exhibit no phenotype for it. Since males have no extra copy to hide a recessive trait, they cannot be carriers for sex linked traits.Answ2. Followers of this question should consult say haemophilia in wikipedia.com.
Is color blindness a dominant or a recessive trait?
Color blindness is a recessive sex linked trait.
Why would recessive traits be more common on boys than girls?
Only sex-linked recessive traits on the X sex chromosome are more common in males. This is because males receive only one X chromosome, so they cannot be heterozygous for a trait on the X chromosome. Females inherit two sex chromosomes, so they can be heterozygous, receiving both a dominant and a recessive allele on the X chromosomes.
Which is true of autosomal recessive diseases a. The disease can skips generations b. Males and Females have an equal chance of inheriting the mutant allele c. Only Males inherit the?
only A and B
Why are males more likely to inherit sex-linked traits?
Females have XX chromosomes and males have XY chromosomes. Sex-linked traits are almost always carried on the X chromosome. Males are more likely to inherit sex-linked traits because they have only one chromosome that can carry a trait. If a male gets a recessive sex-linked trait, they will always acquire it because they have no other chromosome that will dominant over the recessive. In contrast, females have two X chromosomes which carry sex-linked traits. If they receive a recessive sex-linked trait, they always have one other chromosome that could be dominant over the other. For example: B - regular vision trait b - color blindness If a female has a colorblind father (XbY) and a mother with regular vision (XBXB), she will have XBXb. Even though the recessive colorblind trait was passed onto her, she will still have regular vision because of her other chromosome. Thus, she will be a carrier for colorblindness. Say the daughter above had children with a man with regular vision (XBY). If they have a son, there is a 50% chance he will be colorblind because of his mother who is a carrier. If they had a daughter, no matter what, she would always have regular vision with 50% chance that she will be a carrier.
Why are males more likely than females to have a sex linked traits that are recessive?
Because they olny have one X chromosome.
Can a person be a carrier for a dominant genetic disorder?
Anyone can be a carrier of a recessive genetic disorder (as long as it is not associated with the sex chromosomes) no matter what their gender since "carrier" refers to an individual that is heterozygous for the recessive allele and therefore phenotypically normal. Specifically, sexlinked genetic disorders can be "carried" by a heterozygous female but males (having only one X chromosome) cannot. Males will either be free of the defective gene or be affected.
Traits controlled by recessive alleles on the x chromosome are more common in males than in females explain why?
Males only have one X chromosome, so even if the gene on that chromosome is recessive there is no other gene that could dominate it. Females have two X chromosomes, so if the gene on that chromosome is recessive there is still a chance that the gene on the other chromosome could be dominate and override it.
Why do you sex linked traits follow different patterns of inheritance then other traits?
Males and females have different sex chromosomes.
A trait that can only be inherited by a male would be a?
Y-linked (sex-linked) - it would only be found on the Y chromosome - and therefore it is impossible for a female to inherit this.X-linked recessive traits are much more likely to occur in males, but it is still possible for a female to have them (if they have a defective gene on both their X chromosomes).
Is sickle cell anemia a sexlinked trait?
Nope! The disease is equally in both males and females. This means that it is autosomal.
