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What is a trait that is passed from parent to child on the X chromosome called?
Recessive traits on X chromosome are expressed in males because they have only one copy of X chromosome. If they have any recessive gene it will be expressed. In female both the genes should be recessive then only the recessive character will be expressed.
When are sex link traits due to occur?
Traits caused by proteins coded for on the sex (X and/or Y) chromosomes.
An example of a sex-linked trait?
The best known examples in humans are color-blindness and muscular dystrophy. Males are the ones that are the most vulnerable because the Y chromosome is shorter than the X chromosomes that females have.
Why are sex-linked traits most commonly displayed in males?
Males have XY - therefore they only need one copy of the defective X in order to have the disorder.Females have XX - meaning they would need two copies of the defective allele in order to have the disorder. This means their father must have the disorder, and their mother must either have the disorder or be a carrier.
What is a true of sex linked inherited diseases such as hemophilia?
Yes, as in only males can have hemophilia.
What is the main reason sex linked disorders are the most often observed in males?
Males are most likely to have the disorder.
What is the main reason that sex-linked disorder are most often observed in males?
Males are most likely to have the disorder.
Why are most sex-linked traits found in the X chromosome?
Most sex-linked traits are found on the X chromosome because males have only one X chromosome, so any gene on the X chromosome will be expressed in males. In females, who have two X chromosomes, one X chromosome can compensate for any harmful gene on the other X chromosome.
Why is it that males show sex-linked disorders easier than females?
Because most of the sex linked inheritance is in X linked rececieve gene. When that rececieve gene is carried to produce boy baby, the traits which are present in X rececieve will be co- dominant to Y.
Where are sex linked traits found?
Most commonly sex linked traits are on the X chromosome, but rarely they can occur on the Y chromosome.
What is a trait that is passed from parent to child on the X chromosome called?
Recessive traits on X chromosome are expressed in males because they have only one copy of X chromosome. If they have any recessive gene it will be expressed. In female both the genes should be recessive then only the recessive character will be expressed.
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.
Where are sex linked chromosomes most often carried?
In humans, most sex linked traits are carried on the X sex chromosome.
If a characteristic is X-linked it?
If a characteristic is X-linked, it is located on the X chromosome. This means that the inheritance pattern of the characteristic will follow X-linked inheritance, and it can affect males more commonly than females because males only have one X chromosome.
When are sex link traits due to occur?
Traits caused by proteins coded for on the sex (X and/or Y) chromosomes.
How do you know if a characteristic or disorder is sex linked?
If it occurs most commonly in males, or if the mother is a carrier.
Who are the carriers in sex linked traits?
Carrier is basically when you dont have that disease but you have the gene to past it down to your children. i think this is the correct definition coz like my science taecher: Mr Aiden Kelly, like told me this. so yeh.
