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SexlinkedgenesandcodominancenotproducingsimpleMendelian

ratios:
In 1900s Morgan chance discovered that
some characteristics such as inheritance of eye colour in
the fruit fly Drosophila and haemophilia in humans is
carried on the x chromosome of the sex chromosome.
Therefore Mendels ratio of 3:1 when crossing 2
heterozygotes cannot be replicated with sex-linked
chromosomes as males cannot be heterozygote.
Sex linked characteristics or traits are those
characteristics whose genes are located on the sex
chromosomes.
Whereas co-dominance is whereby in the
heterozygote, none of the alleles are completely
dominant over each other so when 2 heterozygotes are
crossed, 3 different phenotypes are formed.
Sexlinkage:
Each chromosome has many genes.
Genes located on the same chromosome are
said to be linked and will nearly always be inherited
together.E.g. In humans the genes for ear size, ability to
roll tongue and eye colour are all located on the same
chromosome i.e. they are linked and are usually
inherited together.
In sex-linkage most of the genes are on the X
chromosome as the Y chromosome is very small.
Some examples of sex-linked genes include
the gene for red-green colour-blindness and the gene
causing haemophilia.
Males are characterised by having a XY

chromosome pair at position 23 and females have an XX


pair.
This is when a normal mother breeds with a
haemophilic father. h = haemophilia
H = normal

Father- Xhy

Mother- XHXH
Sex linked haemophilia
XHXHXhY

Xh

XH

XHXh

XHY

XH

XHXh

XHY

2 XHXh -100% carrier females

2 XHY-100% non affected males


0% offspring with haemophilia

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