Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 488

Question: In human the inheritance of sex linkage takes place through [MP PMT 2003]

Options:

A) Autosome

B) Y - chromosome

C) X - chromosome

D) Both (b) and (c)

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Sex linkage is the transmission of characters and their determining genes alongwith sex determining genes which are found on the sex chromosomes.

Y chromosome of male carries a few genes but X chromosome which is common to male and female carries a number of genes.