MBG 2040 Lecture Notes - Trinucleotide Repeat Disorder, Hair Loss, Mitochondrial Disease

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Traits for which both males and females have the genes, but the expression of these traits varies from males to females. We always use a superscript or subscript on the alleles to indicate we are dealing with sex- influenced genes. Ex: pattern baldness: pattern baldness is a sex-influenced trait, pattern baldness is commonly seen in men as they age. Pattern baldness seems to be a dominant trait in males. Pattern baldness seems to be a recessive trait in females: males with pattern baldness could be heterozygous or homozygous for the pattern baldness allele, females must be homozygous for the pattern baldness allele to show the phenotype. Often characterized by thinning in the crown area in women: q: a) two parents who are heterozygous for the pattern baldness allele marry. Both males and females have these genes, but only one sex expresses the trait. Ex: milk production in cattle is a sex-limited trait.

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