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Mitochondrial DNA
Gene Expression
Inheritance
Sex-link Characteristics
Co-dominance
Multiple Alleles
Pedigree
Inheritance
Genetic Counselling
Video
Variations
Random Assortment
Crossing over
Non-disjunction
Random Fertilisation
Mutations
Video
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Home
DNA
Transcription & Translation
Mitochondrial DNA
Gene Expression
Inheritance
Sex-link Characteristics
Co-dominance
Multiple Alleles
Pedigree
Inheritance
Genetic Counselling
Video
Variations
Random Assortment
Crossing over
Non-disjunction
Random Fertilisation
Mutations
Video
Bibliography
Sex-link characteristics
Characteristics that show different patterns in the two sexes are called sex-linked characteristics or X-linked characteristics. Such people, who carry a recessive allele but do not show the recessive phenotype, are known as carriers.