Question

Chromosome.

1. X-linked (also called sex-linked traits) are inherited on the____Chromosome
2. Which gender (male or female) is most likely to have X-linked traits?
3. How many X chromosomes do males have?
4. How many X chromosomes do females have?
5. Why does a single X chromosome that carriers the allele for red-green colorblindness cause males
to be color blind but doesn't cause females to be color blind?
6. What is a "carrier" for an X-linked trait?

Answer 1

1. x chromosome

2.males

3.one X and one Y chromosome.

4. two X chromosomes

5. a very common trait in humans and frequently used to explain X-linked disorders.[8] Between seven and ten percent of men and 0.49% to 1% of women are affected. Its commonness may be explained by its relatively benign nature. It is also known as daltonism.

6.Females with one copy of the mutated gene are carriers. X-linked inheritance means that the gene causing the trait or the disorder is located on the X chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes while males have one X and one Y chromosome.

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