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What are some causes of male baldness?
Male baldness can sometimes be related to your genes and sex hormones. Other factors that could trigger baldness could also be medications taken such as chemotherapy.
Is baldness a sex-limited or a sex linked trait?
Baldness is not a sex-limited trait because both men and women can experience it. It is considered a sex-influenced trait because it is influenced by sex hormones but not exclusively linked to a specific sex chromosome.
What is a trait that is often linked to he sex of a person?
There are a number of "sex-linked" characteristics: male pattern baldness and hemophilia come to mind.
Is a male sex cell domiant or ressive?
depends on the trait.some traits are ineffectual through the male sex cell such as the trait for baldness.
Sex limited and sex influenced characters?
Sex-limited traits are only expressed in one sex due to anatomical or physiological differences, such as male pattern baldness. Sex-influenced traits are affected by the sex of the individual, but can be expressed in both sexes, such as male pattern baldness being influenced by hormones.
What is required for an individual to have a sex-linked disorder?
A sex-linked disorder is when a mutation of genes overrides the normal function of a another gene. For example, male-pattern baldness is a sex-linked disorder.
Baldness is seen more often in men than women because?
It is related to testosterone levels.
Is baldness passed from your mother or father?
The gene for baldness is inherited from the mother .
What is the medical root word for baldness?
Alopecia is the medical root word for baldness. Baldness refers to the condition of having no hair on top of the head.
Doctor who is related with sex is call?
Doctors who are related with sex are called urologists.
What are sex-limited traits and how do they differ from sex-influenced traits in genetic inheritance?
Sex-limited traits are characteristics that are only expressed in one sex, such as male pattern baldness. Sex-influenced traits, on the other hand, can be expressed in both sexes but are influenced by the individual's sex, like the gene for breast cancer being more likely to be expressed in females.
What is an example of a sex limited trait?
The traits which are influenced by the sex are called sex limited traits. These traits are just limited to one sex, either in male or female. For example, the genes for pattern baldness are present in both the sexes but expresses more in male as compare to female.
