genetics lecture 7

Question 1

Inheritance pattern characteristics of X-linked genetic disorders

Answer 1

Genes located on X-chromosome.
Males only have 1 copy of each of this gene, more likely to suffer.
Most of X-linked diseases are recessive

Question 2

is Haemophilia a sex linked disease

Answer 2

yes

Question 3

give me other x linked recessive disorders

Answer 3

Red- green colour blindness
Fabry disease

Muscular dystrophy

Question 4

Female cells are mosaics

Answer 4

The inactivation process is random, affecting either of the X chromosomes. As a result of this inactivation, the adult female body is a mixture, or mosaic, of cells with either of the two different X chromosome genotypes