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Why Can'T a Man Transfer a Sex Linked Disease Directly to His Son? - Biology

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Why can't a man transfer a sex linked disease directly to his son?
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A man can never transfer a sex-linked gene directly to his son because the son inherits only the Y chromosome from his father and the sex linked diseases are present on the X chromosome.

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पाठ 3: Principles of Genetics - Exercise 2 [पृष्ठ ३६]

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फ्रँक Biology [English] Class 10 ICSE
पाठ 3 Principles of Genetics
Exercise 2 | Q 15 | पृष्ठ ३६

संबंधित प्रश्‍न

the Biological/technical term for An alteration in the genetic material that can be inherited. 


Match the terms in column I with their explanations in column II. 

  Column I (Term)   Column I (Explanation)
a genetics 1 Chromosomes similar in size and shape
b Autosomes 2 The alternative forms of a gene
c Recessive gene  3 Study of laws of inheritance of characters
d Allele 4 A gene that can express only when in a similar pair
e Homologous chromosomes 5 Chromosomes other than the pair of sex chromosomes

Differentiate between:

monohybrid and dihybrid cross (phenotypic ratio) 


Give Reason:

Hemophilia shows criss-cross inheritance.


Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:

 Male act as a carrier for colourblindness.


Mention, if the following statement is True or False. If false rewrite the wrong statement in its correct form:

A colourblind male cannot distinguish any colour.


Which type of progeny would be produced if a normal visioned man marries a colour-blind woman?


What would be the progeny obtained if a woman carrier for colour blindness marries a normal vision man?


What is the probability of son being colour blind is if a colour blind man marries a woman who is homozygous for normal colour vision?


Types of sex- linked genes:

(Haemophilia, Ichthyosis, nephritis, Myopia, Hypertrichosis, Retinitis pigmentosa)

  Column 'A' Column 'B'
(1) Completely X- linked genes ______
(2) Completely Y- linked ______
(3) Incompletely sex-linked genes ______

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