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Genetics: pls help!

In dragons, fire breathing is a sex linked (x- linked) trait. Fire breathing is a recessive condition carried on the x chromosome.

Identify the sex and if it is a fire breathing dragon or a non-fire breathing dragon
a) XX
b) XTY
c) XY
d) XXT
e) X*XT

What would be the genotype for each of these dragons?
a) Fire breathing female
b) Non-fire breathing male
c) Non-fire breathing female
d) Carrier for fire breathing female​

Genetics: pls help! In dragons, fire breathing is a sex linked (x- linked) trait. Fire-example-1
User Pluralism
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Answer:

XX - Female, Fire breathing

XY - Male, Non fire breathing

Fire breathing female - XX

Non fire breathing male - XY

I'm not sure about the rest, sorry

User Davidxxx
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a) XX: Female, Fire Breathing

b) XY: Male, Non-Fire Breathing

c) XY: Male, Non-Fire Breathing

d) XXT: Female, Carrier for Fire Breathing

e) X*XT: Female, Fire Breathing

In dragons, fire breathing is a sex-linked trait, meaning that the gene for fire breathing is located on the X chromosome.

Females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y chromosome.

This means that females can be either homozygous dominant (X^fX^f), which means they have two copies of the fire breathing gene and are fire breathing, or heterozygous (X^fX^N), which means they have one copy of the fire breathing gene and one copy of the non-fire breathing gene and are carriers for fire breathing.

Males can only be non-fire breathing (X^NXY^N), as they need two copies of the fire breathing gene to be fire breathing, and they can only get one copy from their mother.

The image you sent shows the following:

a) XX: This dragon is a female, as she has two X chromosomes. She is also fire breathing, as the X chromosome with the fire breathing gene is marked with an "f".

b) XY: This dragon is a male, as he has one X and one Y chromosome. He is non-fire breathing, as the X chromosome with the fire breathing gene is marked with an "N".

c) XY: This dragon is a male, as he has one X and one Y chromosome. He is non-fire breathing, as the X chromosome with the fire breathing gene is marked with an "N".

d) XXT: This dragon is a female, as she has two X chromosomes. She is a carrier for fire breathing, as one X chromosome has the fire breathing gene (marked with an "f") and the other X chromosome has the non-fire breathing gene (marked with an "N").

e) X*XT: This dragon is a female, as she has two X chromosomes. She is fire breathing, as both X chromosomes have the fire breathing gene (marked with an "f").

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