Characteristics of X-Linked Dominant Inheritance
A few characteristics of sex-linked dominant inheritance are as follows:
- In sex-linked dominant inheritance doesn’t skip a generation.
- Males affected with X-linked dominant disease must have affected mothers.
- Half of the children are affected by heterozygous mothers.
- Affecter female comes from the affected mother or father
- If any male is affected his all dsugh5ter are affected, none of the males is affected.
X-Linked Dominant Inheritance
Sex-linked dominant inheritance is also known as X-linked dominance. Sex-linked inheritance is a type of genetic inheritance through which a dominant gene is carried on the X-chromosome. X-linked dominant inheritance is less common than X-linked recessive inheritance. Genes inherited from X-chromosomes can be dominant as well as recessive disorders. X-linked dominant disorder occurred due to genes present on the X-chromosomes.