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One disorder could be colorblindness. Colorblindness is most common in males because in order to have to disorder you must carry two mutated X chromosomes. Another recessive genetic disorder you can get is called Hemophilia. This is a disorder in which the genes for hemoglobin are not present and your body is not able to create blood clots and a simple scratch can be very serious.
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∙ 10y agoThere are various types of X chromosome disorders: Jacobs syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, Triple X syndrome and Turner's syndrome.
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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.
How does the inheritance of x-linked traits differ from that of other traits?
X- linked traits can only be inherited through the x-chromosome, while other traits are inherited either by both the x and y chromosome or just the y-chromosome. Source: BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Blue Version Ninth Edition
Which type of inheritance involves traits linked to a sex chromosome?
It is called sex-linked inheritance. If the sex-linked gene is on the X sex chromosome, it is often called X-linked inheritance.
What is more likely to happen to males because they have only one X chromosome?
sex-linked disorders
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.
What does X-linked mean as it relates to chromosomes?
X-linked refers to a gene carried on the X chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes.
What are genes carried on the X chromosome?
A gene that is found on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome is a sex-linked gene. That is why men tend to get only certain diseases. For instance, certain types of color blindness are recessive and carried only on the X chromosome. So if the mother carries the gene, then if the father donates another X, thus creating a daughter, then she will likely not have color blindness, since the father's X chromosome should balance it out if he doesn't have color blindness. However, a son with the affected gene from the mother would be certain to get it since that is the only gene he has concerning the red and green vision receptors.
How does the inheritence of X linked traits differ from that of other traits?
X-linked traits are transferred from parents, or a parentto their offspring on the X Chromosome. That is the biggest difference--as opposed to being located on any chromosome, X-linked traits are only transferred on X Chromosomes. A common X-linked trait is actually colorblindness. Often, X-linked traits or disorders are recessive; since men have only one X chromosome (because they are XY), they are often more prone to X-linked disorders, whereas women, who have two X chromosomes, often become "carriers"--that is, they have one X chromosome with a certain trait, but the other X chromosome has a dominant trait that masks the manifestation of the other trait.
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.
How does the inheritance of x-linked traits differ from that of other traits?
X- linked traits can only be inherited through the x-chromosome, while other traits are inherited either by both the x and y chromosome or just the y-chromosome. Source: BSCS Biology: A Molecular Approach, Blue Version Ninth Edition
Which type of inheritance involves traits linked to a sex chromosome?
It is called sex-linked inheritance. If the sex-linked gene is on the X sex chromosome, it is often called X-linked inheritance.
What is more likely to happen to males because they have only one X chromosome?
sex-linked disorders
If a characteristic is sex-linked then where is the gene for it found?
Genes for sex-linked traits can be found on the sex chromosomes - X and Y. Almost all sex-linked traits are determined by the X chromosome, because it is much larger than the Y chromosome and can thus carry more genes. A few sex-linked traits are known on the Y chromosome, including - believe it or not - hairy ears.
Most sex-linked genes are found on which chromosome x y?
Many sex-linked genes are found on the X chromosome. More than 100 sex-linked genetic disorders have now been mapped to the X chromosome. The human Y chromosome is much smaller than the X chromosome and appears to contain only few genes.
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.
What is the link between sex-linked disorders and sex chromosome disorders?
sex-linked is normally involving X chromosome sex chromosome normally involving Y chromosome
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.
