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To determine: The way in which a female can have sex linked disorder.
Introduction: Genetic disorders are caused due to abnormalities that occur in one or more genes. These abnormalities can be due to changes in the number or structure of the chromosome. In some cases, the abnormal or mutant allele maybe present in sex chromosomes (usually X chromosomes). The disorders caused due to these sex chromosomes are called sex linked or X linked disorders.
To draw: A Punnett square that depicts a way in which a female has sex-linked disorder.
Introduction: Sex linked disorders usually affect male than females because of the presence of single X chromosome in males. In females, it is expressed only in homozygous recessive condition.
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