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Describe sex-linked inheritance and give an example.

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So for the genes on the sex chromosomes, males have just one copy. The Y chromosome has few genes, but the X chromosome has more than 1,000. Well-known examples in people include genes that control color blindness and male pattern baldness. These are sex-linked traits. Hope this helped ;)
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