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Which statement about inheritance is true?

A
Girls get most of their traits from their moms; boys get most of their traits from their dads.
B
Male offspring will always have an X-linked genetic disease if the mom is a carrier.
C
Fathers always determine the gender of the offspring in humans.
D
Males never have Y chromosomes.
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Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked recessive disorder. What is the probability that a female offspring of the cross that is shown above would have a recessive allele for Duchenne muscular dystrophy disorder?

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A
0 percent
B
25 percent
C
50 percent
D
100 percent
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Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder (Xh) that is passed through generations and can be traced by using a pedigree. Based on the pedigree that is shown, which describes John?

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A
carrier for hemophilia
B
expresses hemophilia
C
does not have hemophilia
D
expresses hemophilia and died of complications
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Which combination of alleles are always involved in the inheritance of a sex-linked trait?

A
heterozygous alleles
B
homozygous alleles
C
alleles that are carried on X and Y chromosomes
D
alleles that are carried on all chromosomes except the X and Y chromosomes
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Drosophila eye color is an X-linked trait. Red eye color is dominant, and white eye color is recessive. Which Punnett square shows a cross in which the probability of offspring will have red eyes is 100 percent?

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A Punnett square is shown. The columns are labeled Upper X r and Upper Y. The rows are labeled x Upper R and x Upper R. Clockwise, from top-left, the boxes include: Upper X Upper R Upper X r, Upper X Upper R Y, X Upper R Upper Y, X Upper R Upper X r.
Option A
B
A Punnett square is shown. The columns are labeled Upper X Upper R and Upper Y. The rows are labeled x Upper R and x r. Clockwise, from top-left, the boxes include: Upper X Upper R Upper X Upper R, Upper X Upper R Upper Y, Upper X r Upper Y, Upper X uppercase Upper R Upper X r.
Option B
C
A Punnett square is shown. The columns are labeled Upper X r and Upper Y. The rows are labeled x r and x r. Clockwise, from top-left, the boxes include: Upper X r Upper X r, Upper X r Upper Y, Upper X r Upper Y, Upper X r Upper X r.
Option C
D
A Punnett square is shown. The columns are labeled Upper X r and Upper Y. The rows are labeled x Upper R and x r. Clockwise, from top-left, the boxes include: Upper X Upper R Upper X r, Upper X Upper R Y, Upper X r Upper Y, Upper X r Upper X r.
Option D
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What is genotype for a recessive trait found on the female chromosome?

A
Yh
B
Xh
C
XH
D
YH
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Which is not considered a sex-linked trait?

A
purple flower color in pea plants
B
eye color in fruit flies
C
red-green color blindness in humans
D
hemophilia in humans
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Which pedigree symbol is used to represent a female carrier of a recessive X-linked trait?

A
An empty circle.
Option A
B
A half-filled circle.
Option B
C
An empty square.
Option C
D
A filled square.
Option D
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Which statement is always true when describing sex-linked inheritance?

A
It results in a dominant trait.
B
The alleles are found on the X or Y chromosome.
C
The resulting trait is influenced by multiple alleles.
D
It is affected by alleles on at least three different chromosomes.
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Hemophilia is an X-linked recessive disorder. What is the probability of the offspring having hemophilia for the cross that is shown in the Punnett square?

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A
0 percent
B
25 percent
C
50 percent
D
75 percent

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