Rare X-linked recessive traits appear more often in males than in females and are not passed from father to son. Affected sons are usually born to unaffected mothers who are carriers of the gene for the trait; thus X-linked recessive traits tend to skip generations.
-How can you distinguish between an autosomal recessive trait with higher penetrance in males and an X-linked recessive trait?
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Q1: Autosomal recessive traits appear with equal frequency
Q2: Autosomal dominant traits appear in both sexes
Q4: X-linked dominant traits affect both males and
Q5: Y-linked traits appear only in males and
Q6: Dizygotic twins develop from two eggs fertilized
Q7: Higher concordance for monozygotic twins compared with
Q8: Similarities between adopted persons and their genetically
Q9: Genetic testing is used to screen newborns
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