x-linked inheritance
X-linked inheritance refers to the inheritance pattern of genes located on the X chromosome, which typically affects males more frequently than females due to their possession of only one X chromosome.
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Related Concepts (17)
- androgen insensitivity syndrome
- autosomal inheritance
- color blindness
- duchenne muscular dystrophy
- fragile x syndrome
- genetic inheritance
- hemophilia
- lesch-nyhan syndrome
- rett syndrome
- sex-linked inheritance
- x chromosome
- x-inactivation
- x-linked agammaglobulinemia
- x-linked dominant inheritance
- x-linked genetic disorders
- x-linked intellectual disability
- x-linked recessive inheritance
Similar Concepts
- autosomal dominant inheritance
- autosomal dominant inheritance pattern
- autosomal recessive inheritance
- epigenetic inheritance
- evolutionary inheritance
- genetic inheritance patterns
- lamarckian inheritance
- maternal inheritance
- mendelian inheritance
- monohybrid inheritance
- multifactorial inheritance
- non-genetic inheritance
- non-mendelian inheritance
- paternal inheritance
- transgenerational inheritance