Objectives:

1. Explain how sex-linked

genes appear on
chromosome.
2. Distinguish that gender
matters in inheriting sex
related traits.
Sex- Related
Inheritance
 Sex-Linked Genes
 Sex-Limited Traits
 Sex-Influenced Traits
SEX-LINKED GENES
 Traits that are controlled by genes located
on the same sex chromosomes.
2 TYPES OF SEX-LINKED GENES
X-LINKED GENES Y-LINKED GENES
 Genes located on the X  Genes located on the Y
chromosomes chromosomes
 DIRECTION: The class will be divided into
3 groups. Each group will read and
comprehend an article about Sex-Linked
Genes and present it using a graphic
organizer.
  Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a rare disorder in which your blood doesn’t clot
normally because it lacks sufficient blood- clotting proteins. If you have
haemophilia, you may bleed for a longer time after an injury than you would
if your blood clotted normally.
Small cuts usually aren’t much a problem. The greater health
concern is deep bleeding inside your body especially in your knees, ankles,
and elbows. That internal bleeding can damage your organs and tissues, and
may be life-threatening.
Hemophilia is located on the X chromosomes. Everyone has two sex
chromosomes one from each parent. A female inherits an X chromosomes
from her mother and an X chromosomes from her father. A male inherits an
X chromosomes from her mother and Y chromosomes from his father.
This means that haemophilia almost always occurs in boys and
passed from mother to son through one of the mother’s genes. Most women
with the detective genes are simply carriers and experience no sign or
symptoms of hemophilia. But some carriers can experience bleeding
symptoms if these clotting factors are moderately decrease.
 Colorblindness
Colorblindness is a recessive gene that is only expressed on the X
chromosomes (let us use XC for X chromosomes carrying the recessive
colorblind gene). If a male receives the colorblind gene from the mother,
this individual will be colorblind XCY). If, on the other hand a female
receives one colorblind gene (either from the mother or the father) and
another healthy gene (not colorblind, either from the mother or the father),
then this female organism (XXC) will not be colorblind gene will not be
expressed. She will be however a carrier, which implies that she can pass on
the colorblind gene to her offspring. Finally, if a female receives a
colorblind gene from the mother and another colorblind gene from the
father, this female will be colorblind (XCXC).
In other words, female can be healthy (XX), carries (XXC) without
being colorblind, and colorblind (XCXC) while males can either be healthy
(XY) or colorblind (XCY). Therefore, the chances of males being colorblind
are extremely higher than the chances of female being colorblind. In fact,
around 1 in 20 men is colorblind and only 1 in 400 women is.
 Hypertrichosis pinnae auris
Hypertrichosis is an excessive growth of hair on a
particular area of the body which is abnormal for this age, sex
or race of an individual. The presence of the excessive coarse
black hair on the auricle of the human ear is referred
Hypertrichosis pinnae auris or hairy ears. The condition is
primarily restricted to older men and occasionally observed in
females. According to the available literature hypertrichosis
pinnae auris is a Y- linked character. A number of studies have
shown that the inheritance of the traits is from father to son,
any exceptions can be attributed to the lack of penetrance of the
gene or crossing over from Y to X chromosomes. A few
researchers have suggested the probability of it being inherited
in an autosomal manner.
 DIRECTION:
1. Read the given problem.
2. Using the punnet square show the possible outcome.
3. Write it on a manila paper.
4. Present and discuss your answer.
Guide Questions
1. Predict the genotypic and phenotypic ratios in the
offspring.
2. What is the probability that their children will have the
disease.
 Group 1: Hemophilia
 Group 2: Color Blindness
 Group 3: Hypertrichosis pinnae auris
EVALUATION
 DIRECTION: In your activity notebook,
answer Activity 5: WHEN GENDER
MATTERS, page 39 in your Science 9 LM.
Assignment
 What is Sex-Limited Traits?
 What is Sex-Influenced Traits?
Thank You!!!