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1. Why do X-linked diseases (and traits) affect males more often than females? 2. Why do males with an X-linked disease have sons without the disease? 3. In what case would a female whose father has an X-linked disease have sons with the disease? 4. How did Morgan and Bridges figure out that genes were on chromosomes? 5. Why do calico cats have different color patches? Linkage, Sex Chromosomes, X and Y chromosomes, Mendelian Segregation of Sex Chromosomes, X-linked, Segregation of X-linked traits, Nondisjunction, X inactivation, Dosage compensation

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sexchromosomes the chromosomal theoryof inheritance 11 Ma
sexchromosome
chromosome longstringsofDNAwrappedaround histone proteins
sexchromosome a typeofchromosomeinvolved in sex determination
Humans andmostothermammalshave 2sexchromosomes x andy
thatin combinationdetermine anindividual'ssex
Females xx males xy
autosomes
anychromosomethat's not asexchromosome Nettiestevensdiscoveredsexchromosomes
Human chromosomes malemealwormsproduced 2kindsof sperm onew large chromosome
humanshave 23pairs ofchromosomes 46total andonewi smallchromosome
22pairsof autosomes spermwtlarae wouldproducefemaleoffspringwhenfertilizing eggs
23rdpairis a pairo fsex chromosomes ax orxp spermw small wouldproducemale offspringwhenfertilizingeggs
pairlaterknownas xychromosomes
Human x and y chromosomes
x chromosome 150Mb morethan1000genes
y chromosome somb only sogenes
only 3Mb is homologous between xand y chromosomes s crossingoveroccurs inthissmallregion
Howdidsexchromosomes evolve
x and y chromosomesstarteddiverging 300millionyearsago
x and y chromosomes avewdistinctareto suppressed recombination crossingover inthe Ychromosome
wesuppressed recombinationin 4 thereisalmostno sharingofgeneticmaterial between x and ychromosomes
recombination womanomoanize the sexenromosomes ana
biomostoftheychromosome doesnotundergo recombination
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the neuromosome
inactivation of one chromosome in xxfemalesenables
similarexpression of genes
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inheritance of xandy chromosomes
ofthesexchromosomes duringmeiosisin themalegermline
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offemale maleembryos
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chromosomaltheoryof inheritance
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whyonlyin males x linked

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