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11 years ago
Please help me answer these biology questions
What is the difference in the inheritance pattern between an autosomal dominant trait and a sex-linked dominant trait?
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11 years ago
Autosomes are paired, in males the X and Y are not and so unpaired genes there behave as if their alleles were dominant rather than following the usual rules.
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In autosomal inheritance, the probability of a certain phenotype is equally distributed between males and females.  However, the inheritance of sex-linked traits is "linked" to the sex of the individual (makes sense, right?).  So, in mammals, sex-linked traits are more often seen in males, since they are the gender which is hemizygous (has unpaired sex chromosomes).
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