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Q: Genes that are carried on either the X or the Y chrmosome?
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Genes that are carried on the X or the Y chromosome?

Sex-Linked genes.


The genes on the x and y chromosomes are called what?

The genes carried on the X and Y chromosomes are called your "sex chromosomes".


What are the genes carries on the x and y chromosomes called?

The genes carried on the X and Y chromosomes are called your "sex chromosomes".


Genes carried only x-chromosomes are said to be?

female cells


What traits like colorblindness that are carried on the x chromosome are what genes?

Traits carried on the x chromosome are said to be sex-linked


What is a sex-linked genes?

It is a gene located on either sex chromosome (X or Y chromosome).


What determines the sex of the human?

The genes that are carried in the sperm to the ova. If the 23rd chromosome of the sperm is 'X', the offspring will be female. If it is 'Y', the offspring will be male.


What kind of chromosomes do male transmit to offspring?

Males transmit one X chromosome and one Y chromosome to their offspring. There are very few genes carried on the Y chromosome.


Under what conditions will the law of independent assortment not be carried out?

Mendel's principle of independent assortment does not apple to linked genes. (ex. X-linked genes)


Why is colour blindness more common in males?

The genes that produce photopigments are carried on the X chromosome; if some of these genes are missing or damaged, color blindness will be expressed in males with a higher probability than in females because males only have one X chromosome (in females, a good gene on only one of the two X chromosomes is enough to yield the needed photopigments).


What is and example of a gene?

An example of a gene would be the X and Y chromosomes carried by the father. If the father can pass either gene to his offspring to get either a girl or a boy.


What are the chances of a person with touretts passing touretts on to their offspring?

Fragile-x is carried on the x-gene only. Men have XY chromosones and women XX. Men pass on the x-gene to all their daughters and the y-gene to all their sons. Women pass on either of their x-genes to sons and daughters. The spouse has no effect on the transmission of the faulty gene at all. Their x and/or y genes simply get combined. So, a male Fragile-x carrier has 100% chance of passing it his daughters and 0% chance to his sons. A female carrier has 50% chance of passing it to her daughters and 50% chance to her sons.