This type of inheritance has certain unique characteristics, which include the following X and y are two sex chromosomes that carry alleles at their gene loci Learning objectives by the end of this section, you will be able to do the following
Sex linked Inheritance - Sex-linked Inheritance Sex makes no difference
In this case, the presence of just one copy of the dominant gene on the x chromosome is enough to express the trait in both males and females
In humans, the term often refers to traits or disorders influenced by genes on the x chromosome, as it contains many more genes than the smaller y chromosome
