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4- X-LINKED GENES, SEX INFLUENCED INHERITANCE, SEX-LIMITED INHERITANCE. Compiled by Siti Sarah Jumali Level 3 Room 14 Ext 2123. X-LINKED GENES. Certain traits are governed by genes that are located on a sex chromosome
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4- X-LINKED GENES, SEX INFLUENCED INHERITANCE, SEX-LIMITED INHERITANCE Compiled by Siti Sarah Jumali Level 3 Room 14 Ext 2123
X-LINKED GENES • Certain traits are governed by genes that are located on a sex chromosome • Outcome of cross depends on the genotypes and sexes of parents and offspring • EgDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) • A sign of muscular weakness • Eg golden retriever dogs • X-linked recessive • Allele on X-chromosome and recessive • Rare for female
CHROMOSOME-LINKED GENES • Genes located on mammalian sex chromosomes can be transmitted in an X-limited, Y linked or pseudoautosomal pattern • Hemizygous is a condition that describes a single copy of X-linked gene in the male • Few genes are located on the X and some other genes are located on the Y chromosome • The few genes on Y-chromosome are called holandric genes • Y-linked is only transmitted from father to son
SEX-INFLUENCED INHERITANCE • Some traits are influenced by the sex of the individual • In sex-influenced inheritance: • Allele is dominant in one sex but recessive in opposite sex • Genes for sex-influenced traits are autosomal; not on either X, or Y • Heterozygotes phenomenon • Eg baldness • When heterozygote Bb, men will be bald but women don’t.
Baldness • When heterozygote Bb, men will be bald but women don’t. • Transmitted from father to son but not X-linked because father does not supply X
Baldness cont’d • Caused by sex hormone testosterone • Overexpression of an ezyme called 5 α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which converts testosterone to DHT • DHT binds to cellular receptors and affects the expression of many genes including those in the cells of the scalp • Because mature men makes more testosterone than female, the allele has greater phenotypic impact on males
SEX-LIMITED INHERITANCE • Trait occur only in 1 of the 2 sexes • Eg breast development in female • Beard development in male • Other examples include rooster and hen where allele H for hen is in hen but not in rooster • Just like sex influenced, these are also influenced by hormone
Question.. • You did relative finger length experiment in the lab. • What do you think it is? • X-linked? • Y-linked? • Sex-limited? • Sex-inherited?