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Growth, Development, and Reproduction of Organisms: Heredity and Genetic Variation
Sex-Linked Inheritance
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Sex-Linked Inheritance
Sex-linked inheritance is a type of genetic inheritance that involves genes found on the sex chromosomes, usually the X chromosome. These chromosomes help find out an organism’s biological sex: XX for females and XY for males in humans. Because males have ...
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Did you know why more boys are color-blind than girls? The secret lies in our chromosomes.
Every person has 23 pairs of chromosomes, including one special pair called the sex chromosomes. Females have two X chromosomes, XX, while males have one X and one Y chromosome, XY.
You always inherit an X chromosome from your mothe...
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