Sex-Influenced

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Definition

Sex-controlled character, also called Sex-influenced Character, a genetically

controlled feature that may appear in organisms of both sexes but is expressed
to a different degree in each
Sex-influenced traits are autosomal traits that are influenced by sex.
The alleles seems to act as a dominant in one sex and a recessive in the other.
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Definition

The genes for sex-influenced traits are on the autosomes not the sex
chromosomes.
Sex-influenced traits are influenced by both genes and hormones
Testosterone is responsible for the phenotypic expression of the different
alleles. In males, the testosterone causes the allele for baldness to be dominant
over the normal allele whereas in females, the minimal amount of testosterone
has the opposite effect.
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Main Features

Expressed more frequently in one sex than other.

Dominance in the heterozygous condition depends on the sex
of the individual because of the interactions between genes and
hormones.
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Additional Info

Two Types of chromosome: Autosomes and Sex Chromosomes

Body chromosomes or Autosomes are those chromosomes that are
not involved in sex determination.
Sex chromosomes are those chromosomes that determine the sex of
an organism.
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Pattern of Inheritance Example

GENOTYPE FEMALE MALE

BB Bald (XBXB) Bald (XBYB)

Bb Normal (XBXb) Bald (XBYb)

bb Normal (XbXb) Normal (XbYb)

 DIFFERENCE
Sex-Influenced Sex-Limited

Sex-Influenced can be
Sex-Limited is exclusively
expressed in both sexes but
expressed in one sex of the
more frequently in one sex
species.
than in the other.
Sample Problems
 If a homozygous bald male is
crossed with a carrier
heterozygous non-bald female, 01
will there be a chance that their
child is a female carrier of bald
trait? Sample Problem
Prove your answer using a Punnett Square
and give the phenotypic and genotypic ratio.
 The male is a carrier of a
heterozygous bald trait and is
02 crossed with a female who is
also a carrier of the
heterozygous non-bald trait.
Will there be a chance that
Sample Problem their child would be a male non-
bald carrier?
Prove your answer using a Punnett Square
and give the phenotypic and genotypic ratio.
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about the things you haven't understood.
QUIZ
Identification 1. Female will only be bald if the genotype is _______.

(2 pts.) 2. Male will be bald if the genotype is _______ or

Identification 3. _______.
 4. The mother is bald and the father is not bald. The
True or False probability of their offspring that will be bald is 50%.

5. If the offspring is not bald, the genotype of the parents

True or False must be Homozygous dominant (Mother) and Heterozygous
Dominant (Father)
 6. Sex Influenced traits are
controlled by genes present
on _____.
a.) Sex chromosomes
b.) Autosomes
c.) Both sex chromosomes and
autosomes
d.) None of the above
7. All of the following pattern of
inheritance is correct except one:
a.) In pattern of baldness in males,
homozygous dominant is bald.
b.) In pattern of baldness in females,
homozygous dominant is bald.
c.) In pattern of baldness in males,
heterozygous is bald.
d.) In pattern of baldness in females,
heterozygous is bald.
 8. Which of the following is
an example of sex-influenced
trait?
a.) Pattern baldness
b.) Lactation
c.) Colorblindness
d.) Hemophilia
(2 pts.) 9. Which of the following
traits are expressed in both
sexes but more frequently in one
than in the other sex?
a.) X-Linked Dominant
b.) X-Linked Recessive
c.) Sex-Influenced
d.) Sex-Limited
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