Practice Quiz for Sex Linked Genes

Practice Quiz for Sex Linked Genes

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1. Sex-linked genetically inherited traits:

a) can appear in both males and females

b) are only found in males

c) are only found in females

d) result from premarital sexual intercourse

2. Y-linked traits are inherited:

      Sex chromosome inheritance diagram

a) only by females

b) only by males

c) by both males and females

3. Harmful X-linked traits are:



a) inherited only from mothers

b) more numerous than Y-linked ones

c) most likely to show up in the phenotype of daughters

4. Red-green color blindness is:

a) an X-linked trait

b) a Y-linked trait

c) both X and Y linked

5. Men with red-green color blindness inherited the genes for it from:

a) their mothers

b) their fathers

c) either their mothers or fathers

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1.	Sex-linked genetically inherited traits:


		a)	can appear in both males and females
		b)	are only found in males
		c)	are only found in females
		d)	result from premarital sexual intercourse


2.	Y-linked traits are inherited:
			Sex chromosome inheritance diagram

	a)		only by females
	b)		only by males
	c)		by both males and females


3.	Harmful X-linked traits are:


	a)		inherited only from mothers
	b)		more numerous than Y-linked ones
	c)		most likely to show up in the phenotype of daughters


4.	Red-green color blindness is:


	a)		an X-linked trait
	b)		a Y-linked trait
	c)		both X and Y linked


5.	Men with red-green color blindness inherited the genes for it from:


	a)		their mothers
	b)		their fathers
	c)		either their mothers or fathers