Sex Linked Traits

The sex of a child is determined by

• whether the father's sperm contains an x or y chromosome
• whether the mother's egg contains an x or y chromosome
• the age of the parents

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An individual's sex is determined by 

• 1 of 23 chromosomes
• 2 of 46 chromosomes
• 4 of 92 chromosomes

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Why is the gene for a disease or disorder more likely to be found on the X chromosome than Y?

• The X chromosome has many more genes
• The Y chromosome has many more genes

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Males are more likely to suffer from a sex-linked disease or disorder because

• males are the weaker sex
• males have less DNA
• males have 1 X chromosome, so the disorder is more likely to be expressed

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When we say that a woman is a carrier for a genetic disease or disorder it means that

• she has 1 gene, but not the disorder
• she has 2 genes for the disorder
• she can pass the gene only to male children
• she can pass the gene only to female children

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Why are men 16 times more likely to be color-blind than women?

• to be color-blind, you must have a Y chromosome
• to be color-blind, all of your X chromosomes must have the gene
• color-blindness is caused by testosterone
• color-blindness is caused by the same gene as baldness

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If a gene is found only on the X chromosome and not the Y chromosome, it is said to be 

• sex-linked trait
• polygenic trait
• codominant trait
• incomplete dominance trait

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Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?

• X^HX^h
• X^hX^h
• X^HX^H
• X^hY

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Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a male with hemophilia?

• X^HX^h
• X^hX^h
• X^HY
• X^hY

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In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X ^R X ^r ?

• male with white eyes

• female with red eyes

• male with red eyes

• female with white eyes

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