True or false?? A woman who is heterozygous for a sex-linked recessive gene will always pass the characteristicspecified by the gene to her sons.True.False Plymouth Rock roosters arehemizygous for the gene that specifies whether or not the feathers willbe barred.

Hemizygous genotype is when there is only one member of chromosome segments instead of two in the…

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A woman who is heterozygous for a sex-linked recessive gene will always pass the characteristic specified by the gene to her sons. O True. False

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Chapter2: The Human Body In Health And Disease

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True or false??

A woman who is heterozygous for a sex-linked recessive gene will always pass the characteristic
specified by the gene to her sons.
True.
False

Plymouth Rock roosters are
hemizygous for the gene that specifies whether or not the feathers will
be barred.

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