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SEX LINKED TRAITS/CHARACTERS

These are traits or genes that are carried on the sex chromosomes.
Such characters appear in a recessive form hence are very common in males than in females.
Such characters include;
 Colour blindness
 Haemophilia (bleeder disease)
Inheritance of colour blindness
Colour blindness is a defect of the eyes caused by a recessive gene on the X chromosome.
Let B be the allele for normal colour vision
Let b be the allele for colour blindness
Genotype Phenotype
B B
XX Normal female
XBXb Carrier female
b b
XX Colour blind female
XBY Normal male
b
XY Colour blind male

QUESTION:
1. i) What would be the offsprings when a carrier female for colour blindness marries a male
with normal colour vision.
ii) Write the genotypic ratio of the offsprings and make a comment of their condition.
2. What would be the offspring if a colour-blind woman marries a normal man.

Inheritance of haemophilia (bleeder disease)


It is a disease in which blood takes a long time to clot at a wound. It is also known as the
bleeder’s disease. This disease is caused by a recessive gene which is carried on the X
chromosome.
Let H be the allele for normal blood clotting
Let b be the allele for haemophilia
Genotype Phenotype
XHXH Normal female
H h
X X Carrier female
XhXh Haemophiliac female
XHY Normal male
XhY Haemophiliac male

QUESTION:
1.What would be the offsprings if a normal woman marries a haemophiliac man?

Sex limited traits


These are characteristics that only show in one sex e.g. secondary sexual characteristics, hairy
pinna, etc.
Sickle cell anaemia
It is due to a mutation of a gene. A person suffering from sickle cell anaemia has a defective
type of haemoglobin. It is caused by a recessive gene.
When the concentration of oxygen is low in blood, the red blood cells assume the shape of a
sickle. Because of this, the red blood cells cannot absorb oxygen properly.

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This is a hereditary disease and can be passed on to the children by the parents in their
gametes.
Sickle cell anaemia has a fatal effect on people who are homozygous for this mutated gene.
People who are heterozygous i.e. they have mutated and non-mutated genes have normal red
blood cells.

Let B represent the allele for normal RBC


Let b represent the allele for sickle shaped RBC
Genotype Phenotype
BB Normal RBC
Bb Normal but carrier
Bb Sickle shaped RBC

QUESTIONS:
1. A normal male married a carrier female for sickle cell anaemia. Determine the
phenotype
and genotype of the children.
2. A normal male whose mother had sickle cell anaemia married a carrier female. What
percentage of their children had sickle cell anaemia?

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