(a) What is meant by the term sex linked genes? (b) Name two sex linked traits in human beings.

      

(a) What is meant by the term sex linked genes?
(b) Name two sex linked traits in human beings.

  

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John
(a) These are genes located on sex-chromosomes hence are transmitted (and inherited) together with those that determine sex of the organism

(b) Colour blindness,

- Haemophilia

- Muscular dystrophy

- Premature baldness - tuft of hair in the pinna and nose
johnmulu answered the question on May 13, 2017 at 07:38


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