Sex-Linked Genes & Chromosomes

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sex-linked traits

traits that are inherited with sex chromosomes

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Examples of sex-linked traits

color blindness and hemophilia

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somatic cells

body cells

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Autosomes

Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

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Gametes

sex cells

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examples of gametes

sperm and egg

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Thomas Hunt Morgan

used Drosophila melangaster (fruit flies) to confirm the existence of sex-linked traits

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XX

female sex chromosomes

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XY

male sex chromosomes

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Chromosomes 1-22 are called

autosomes

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Chromosome 23 is the ______

sex chromosome