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Sex-linked traits are inherited from the organism's parents.
Crawford Rodriguez
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∙ 11y agoSex-linked traits are inherited from the organism's parents. In humans, it is typically associated in coming from the mother. A mother gives one of their X chromosomes to the offspring so they can be a carrier of a recessive detrimental gene and not be affected because it is masked by a normal X chromosome like XXD (D is used to identify the bad gene) So when the the sex of the offspring is being male the XD is failed to be masked by the other other X because, the father only gives the Y= XDY
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A trait which is inherited on sex chromosomes is?
Sex-linked traits have alleles that are passed from parent to child on a sex chromosome.
A trait controlled by a gene on the sex chromosome is know as a?
Sex-linked traits
Why is genotype of the father unimportant when investigating sex-linked traits inherited by male offspring?
Fathers pass the Y sex chromosome to their sons, NOT the X sex chromosome.
What do slashes mean in sex linked traits?
Slashes in what? I don't know of any connection or notation for sex-linked traits involving slashes.
What are the three principles of Heredity?
The 3 main points of how traits are inherited are: 1)Traits are controlled by alleles on chromosomes. 2) An allele's effect is dominant or recessive. 3)When a pair of chromosomes separates during meiosis, the different alleles for a trait move into separate sex cells. (Source: My Life Science Textbook)
How are sex-linked traits inherited?
Sex-linked traits are inherited from the organism's parents.
How are hemophilia and red-green color blindness inherited?
Both are sex-linked traits, inherited through the X chromosome.
A trait which is inherited on sex chromosomes is?
Sex-linked traits have alleles that are passed from parent to child on a sex chromosome.
A trait controlled by a gene on the sex chromosome is know as a?
Sex-linked traits
Why is the genotype of the father unimportant when investigating sex linked traits inherited by the male offspring?
Fathers pass the Y sex chromosome to their sons, NOT the X sex chromosome.
Why is genotype of the father unimportant when investigating sex-linked traits inherited by male offspring?
Fathers pass the Y sex chromosome to their sons, NOT the X sex chromosome.
What is Sex - linked inherited diseases such as hemophilia?
In sex-linked inherited diseases such as hemophilia, mothers most often pass the disease to sons.
What is allele inherited on sex chromosomes?
Sex-linked gene
What is true of sex linked inherited diseases such as hemophilia?
In sex-linked inherited diseases such as hemophilia, mothers most often pass the disease to sons.
Are sex linked traits also called X-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.
What makes something a sex linked trait instead of just a regular trait?
A sex linked trait can only be found on the x chromosome such as hemophilia, color blindness, and muscular dystrophy. These are traits that can only be inherited through chromosomes instead of regular traits coming through genes.
How is the menkes disorder inherited?
It is inherited by being on a sex-linked chromosmal deffet
