GENETICS

A BASIC APPROACH


SEX -- LINKED

INHERITANCE

1: Y -- LINKED WITHOUT ANY X -- LINKED ALLELE

2: X -- LINKED WITHOUT ANY Y -- LINKED ALLELE

3: INCOMPLETELY SEX-LINKED MEANING THAT

AN X-LINKED GENE IS AN ALLELE OF A Y--LINKED GENE.



OTHER FACTORS CAN CHANGE THE MALE / FEMALE RATIOS IN SOME STRAINS.

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS, CROSS OF TWO UNRELATED STRAINS, MUTATIONS OR CROSSOVERS, ETC.