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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 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.


What is a sex-linked linked genetic disorder?

color blindness is one


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.


One example of sex-linked disorder is?

Hemophilia


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

herpes?


What is meant sex-linked genetic disorder?

Hemochromatosis


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.


What is a sex-linked genetic disorder.?

color blindness is one


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.