Yes, a sex-linked allele can be dominant. For example, if a gene on the X chromosome is dominant, females who inherit the allele will express the trait, while males only need one copy of the dominant allele to show the trait since they have only one X chromosome.
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal reccessive sexlinked trait so, a female msut have 2 recessive alleles to have the trait and a male needs only one allele (this is because there is no corresponding site for this allele on the Y chromosome. The female can be a carrier of the disorder with the defective allele on one X chromosome and a normal allele on the other X chromosome. Female carrriers can have a mixture of normal and abnormal redblood cells.
The genotype is homozygous recessive or the recessive trait is on the X chromosome and has no corresponding allele on the Y chromosome.
Because males have only one X chromosome, any recessive allele present on that X chromosome will be expressed in the phenotype. In females, who have two X chromosomes, the presence of a dominant allele on one X chromosome can mask the expression of a recessive allele on the other X chromosome.
The unusual result was that in a family, all males had the same eye color as their mothers. This suggested that the gene for eye color is linked to the X chromosome because males inherit their X chromosome from their mothers.
A male will exhibit the trait associated with the recessive allele on the X chromosome if he only carries one copy of that allele. This is because males have only one X chromosome, so they will express any recessive alleles present on it.
An individual must have 2 recessive alleles in order for a trait to show up. One must only have 1 dominant allele in order for a trait to occur.
Yes, a sex-linked allele can be dominant. For example, if a gene on the X chromosome is dominant, females who inherit the allele will express the trait, while males only need one copy of the dominant allele to show the trait since they have only one X chromosome.
A male only needs one copy of a sex-linked recessive allele to exhibit the trait because males have only one X chromosome. If the allele is present on the X chromosome, it will be expressed in males.
Sex linked
Sickle cell disease is an autosomal reccessive sexlinked trait so, a female msut have 2 recessive alleles to have the trait and a male needs only one allele (this is because there is no corresponding site for this allele on the Y chromosome. The female can be a carrier of the disorder with the defective allele on one X chromosome and a normal allele on the other X chromosome. Female carrriers can have a mixture of normal and abnormal redblood cells.
The genotype is homozygous recessive or the recessive trait is on the X chromosome and has no corresponding allele on the Y chromosome.
Because males have only one X chromosome, any recessive allele present on that X chromosome will be expressed in the phenotype. In females, who have two X chromosomes, the presence of a dominant allele on one X chromosome can mask the expression of a recessive allele on the other X chromosome.
In males, they only have one X chromosome, so if they inherit a recessive allele for a certain trait on their X chromosome, it will be expressed because there is no corresponding dominant allele on the Y chromosome to mask it. Females have two X chromosomes, so even if they inherit a recessive allele on one X chromosome, the dominant allele on the other X chromosome can mask its expression.
The unusual result was that in a family, all males had the same eye color as their mothers. This suggested that the gene for eye color is linked to the X chromosome because males inherit their X chromosome from their mothers.
The principle of dominance states that in a heterozygous individual for a trait, only one allele (dominant allele) is expressed in the phenotype, masking the expression of the other allele (recessive allele). This dominance relationship is seen in Mendelian inheritance patterns.
the allele for colorblindness is ressecive NOT dominant. more common in males because they have one x chromosome and women have two, if a deformity is found on the x chromosome in a woman, it can be masked by the other, but still have some sort of side effects, in a male, since he has one, he is effected the most. he has no other genes to mask it.