What are the sex-linked disorders that are inheritable?

Q: What is the example of  maternal inheritance?

A: Maternal inheritance is a form of inheritance where the traits of the offspring are maternal in…

Q: Explain the term of incomplete dominance?

A: Inheritance patterns are of different type’s   Mendelian inheritance, incomplete dominance,…

Q: What is sex linked inheritance and why is the pattern of inheritance different for males vs females?

A: Sex linked inheritance is the sex-specific pattern of inheritance and presentation when a particular…

Q: Genes involved in sex-limited inheritance are found in autosomal genes? True or false

A: A gene is heredity's fundamental physical and functional unit. DNA is the material that makes up…

Q: Explain the inheritance of dominant, recessive, complex, and sex-linked traits.

A: The pattern of inheritance describes the transmission of diseases in a family. It helps in…

Q: What is an example of Monosomy?

A: Monosomy is a condition when one of the total chromosomes present generally in the cells of an…

Q: Under what conditions does a female acquire anX-linked recessive disorder?

A: The dominant allele can be defined as the type of allele which is expressed in the phenotype even if…

Q: What is Down syndrome ? When does Down syndrome occur ?

A: Human genetic disorders are caused due to the absence or excess or abnormal arrangement of one or…

Q: Explain the Pedigrees for Autosomal Disorders ?

A: An autosome is defined as any of the numbered chromosomes, which is not a type of sex chromosome.…

Q: Define partial dominance?

A: Sir Gregor Mendel was a priest and a teacher who did the famous hybridization experiment on garden…

Q: Define the following: monozygotic and dizygotic twins,

A: BASIC INFORMATION  FERTILIZATION  It is the process of the fusion of the male as well as the female…

Q: Describe four X-linked recessive disorders

A: Recessive Disorder : To have an autosomal recessive we inherit two mutated genes ,one from each…

Q: What is an example of Extrachromosomal inheritance?

A: Inheritance is the process by which this genetic information present in the genes is passed on from…

Q: What is meant by Trisomy 21 ?

A: Chromosomal abnormalities are the type of genetic disorders caused due to the change in one or many…

Q: Why do most cases of Down syndrome originate from the mother? And how is this linked to maternal age…

A: Down syndrome also called "trisomy 21" is a condition in which a child is born having an additional…

Q: How is Down syndrome caused?

A: Human genetic disorders are caused due to the absence or excess or abnormal arrangement of one or…

Q: Why is autosomal Monosomy lethal?

A: Most living species have DNA as their genetic material. It is the cell's information centre,…

Q: Identify disorders that are associated with sex-linked inheritance.

A: In human beings, sex is determined by a pair of sex chromosomes. In males XY and in females XX is…

Q: How do complete dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance differ?

A: The variants of a specific gene are called its alleles. In a diploid organism, there are two alleles…

Q: Explain the concept of mendal's law of inheritence?

A: Gregor Mendel conducted experiments on pea plant (Pisum sativum) demonstrating the inheritance of…

Q: What is an individual with a heterozygous genotype?

A: The genotype is a collection of genes and controls the genetic features of an organism.

Q: What is the most common chromosomal disorder?

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Q: What are Autosomal Dominant and Autosomal Recessive?

A: Genes are made of nucleic acids called DNA. The variant forms of genes are called alleles. The…

Q: What is Trisomy 17?

A: Chromosomal disorders are the disorders that are caused due to increase or decrease in the number of…

Q: What are the two types of twins and how do they arise?

A: The period from conception to birth is called pregnancy. When an egg is fertilized by a sperm, the…

Q: What is the maternal inheritance?

A: Genetics is the branch of biology that deals with inheritance and variation. A gene is a section of…

Q: What is Codominance and incomplete dominance?

A: A character is represented by an organism by at least two alleles. They lie on the two homologous…

Q: What are affects when Nondisjunction occurs?

A: The separation of the sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes is one of the defined steps of…

Q: What is a autosomal trait and what is it's opposite?

A: Trait is defined as a characteristic or an attribute of an organism. Traits are expressed by genes…

Q: What characteristics are exhibited by a Y-linked trait?

A: Genetic material is any material of animal, microbial, or plants, or other origin that carries…

Q: Is the inheritance autosomal or sex-linked?

A: The genes are located on the specific region of the DNA. Genes determine the phenotypic…

Q: Which inheritance is Uniparental?

A: Inheritance is the transmission of genetic traits from parents to the progeny.

Q: What is an analougous trait?

A: Analogous trait are characters developed by two organisms, from different ancestors. Here the…

Q: explain what is Down syndrome?

A: Genetic disorder are caused due to the absence or excess or abnormal arrangement of one or more…

Q: What does double homozygous mean?

A: The alternate form of gene is known as allele. Allele are of two types, namely dominant allele and…

Q: What determines the phenotype of the offspring ?

A: An organism's genotype refers to its entire genetic makeup. The alleles or variants that an…

Q: In Sex-Limited and Sex-Influenced Inheritance, an Individual’s Gender Influences the Phenotype. How…

A: Genetic is the branch of science that deals with genetic material like genome, genes, DNA, and…

Q: What is the recurrence risk for autosomal dominant inheritance and recessive inheritance?

A: Introduction :- A genetic disorder or trait can be transferred from parent to kid via autosomal…

Q: If a woman is heterozygous for neurofibromatosis (a dominant disorder) and produces with a…

A: Neurofibromatosis (NF1) is hereditary disease (which can be passed on from one generation to…

Q: Are all forms of Down syndrome due to non-disjunction?​YES​​​ or NO​?

A: Down syndrome is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or…

Q: Can 2 albino parents have a normal child? Explain.

A: Albinism: a. It is a congenital disorder characterized by a complete or partial absence of the…

Q: What is the probability of obtaining a triply recessive individualfrom the parents ?

A: Introduction  Sir Gregor Mendel is known as the Father of Genetics. He was the pioneer scientist who…

Q: What is uniparental disomy and how does it arise?

A: DNA is the genetic material in most living organisms. It is the information hub of the cell that…

Q: Describe two mechanisms for causing uniparental disomy.

A: Uniparental disomy occurs when two copies of a chromosome are inherited from same parent, rather…

Q: Is the probability of having offsprings that are identical twins hereditary?

A: Identical twins are formed by random splitting of a fertilised egg. This leads to creation of two…