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it means that you inherit this form of disorder either from your mother or father's sex chromosomes. For example- color blindness or Haemophillia.

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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.


What sex link is a recessive disorder?

Muscular dystrophy is a sex-linked recessive disorder.


What do you call a disorder in which females are the only ones who can be carriers?

a sex-linked, or X-linked disorder


What is a sex-linked linked genetic disorder?

color blindness is one


What is a genetic disorder caused by sex linked gene?

There are so many genetic disorder caused by sex linked to name few; Auto Immune disorder, Hemophilia, Night Blindness etc.


Why can women be a sex-linked genetic disorder but a male cannot?

Women can carry or have a sex linked (x-linked) genetic disorder. Males cannot be carriers, they either have the disorder or they don't: this is because the male has only one X chromosome.


What is meant sex-linked genetic disorder?

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What is an inherited sex-linked disorder of the blood?

herpes?


One example of sex-linked disorder is?

Hemophilia


Is cleft lip and palate an autosomal or sex linked disorder?

Cleft lip and palate is not a sex-linked disorder. It is a common birth defect that occurs due to both genetic and environmental factors, with a multifactorial inheritance pattern involving multiple genes as well as environmental influences.


How can you distinguish between a sex linked disorder and sex limited from the pedigree?

A sex linked disorder will show up in males and females, but it will show up twice as much in the males. A sex limited disorder will show up in only one gender. If it is onlyfemales, then you know that it's sex limited. If it is onlymales, then it is sex limited.


Is Wilson's disease a sex-linked or autosomal disorder?

Wilson's disease is an autosomal recessive disorder, meaning that both copies of the gene associated with the disease must be mutated for the individual to develop the condition. It is not a sex-linked disorder, as it does not depend on the individual's sex for inheritance.