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SEX-LINKED,LIMITED and INFLUENCED TRAITS

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The sex influenced traits are present in _______________________

a)

A. Autosome

b)

B. Sex chromosome

c)

C. Mitochondrial chromosome

d)

D. These are epigenetic traits.

2.

Sex influenced traits are only related to females.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

If A is sex influenced trait that is more expressed in males, then which of the following is false?

a)

A. Only male having a homozygous recessive form of this gene will not express it

·

b)

B. No female will express the gene

·

c)

C. The gene is autosomal

·

d)

D. Heterozygous female will not express this gene

4.

If present of horn in a breed of sheep is due to the presence of h+ allele which is sex influenced and more expressed in male, choose the off one out.

a)

A. Female with h+ h+

b)

B. Male with h+ h+

·

c)

C. Female with h h+

·

d)

D. Male with h h+

5.

Patterned baldness is a sex influenced trait more expressed in a male. If B is normal allele making non-bald phenotype and b is mutant leading to bald phenotype, for a cross between a bald mother and normal father, what is the probability of a bald son?

a)

A. 0

b)

B. 1/4

c)

C. 1/2

d)

D. 1

6.

Homozygous bald gene, a sex influenced gene, is equally expressed in men and women.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

A person who is heterozygous for a recessive allele of a trait is called____.

a)

a. Host

b)

b. Carrier

c)

c. Unaffected

d)

d. Affected

8.

The name of a group of hereditary genetic diseases that affect the body's ability to control blood clotting; characterized by a lack of clotting factors in the blood.

a)

a. Huntington’s disease

b)

b. Sickle cell anemia

c)

c. Hemophilia

d)

d. Morgan’s disorder

9.

located on a sex chromosome; usually refers to the X-chromosome (sometimes Y)

a)

a. SEX-limited

b)

b. SEX-inheritance

c)

c. SEX-linked traits

d)

d. SEX- influenced traits

10.

traits that are expressed in only one sex.

a)

a. SEX-limited

b)

b. SEX-inheritance

c)

c. SEX-linked traits

d)

d. SEX- influenced traits

11.

an autosomal trait that is influenced by the presence of male or female sex hormones; dominant in one and recessive in the other.

a)

a. SEX-limited

b)

b. SEX-inheritance

c)

c. SEX-linked traits

d)

d. SEX- influenced traits

12.

Humans have ___________ chromosomes (total) inside all somatic cells, arranged in ___________ pairs.

a)

23; 46

b)

46; 23

c)

22; 44

d)

44; 22

13.

_______________ are chromosomes that do NOT determine the sex (gender) of the individual.

a)

Autosomes

b)

Gametes

c)

Alleles

d)

X & Y

14.

An individual is considered genetically female if their genotype is _________________.

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

XYY

d)

YY

15.

Hemophilia is an X-linked (sex-linked) recessive trait. If a normal male (XHY) and a carrier female (XHXh) have children, what percentage could inherit the disorder?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

16.

Colorblindness is an X-linked (sex-linked) recessive trait. What are the chances that a colorblind male and a carrier female will have colorblind children?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

100%

17.

Sex-linked traits are more likely to appear in males than in females because (choose one):

a)

the traits are linked to X-chromosomes, which are not present in females.

b)

the traits are linked to X-chromosomes, which males have only one copy of.

c)

the traits are linked to Y-chromosomes, which are not present in females.

d)

the traits are linked to Y-chromosomes which males have only one copy of.

18.

An individual is considered genetically male if their genotype is __________________.

a)

XX

b)

XY

c)

XXY

d)

YY

19.

Humans have ___________ chromosomes inside all sex cells (sperm and egg cells).

a)

46

b)

11.5

c)

23

d)

2

20.

Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?



a)

XBXB

b)

XbXb

c)

XbY

d)

XBY