Aspect | X-Linked Traits | Y-Linked Traits |
Genes location on chromosome | Genes are located on the X chromosome. | Genes are located on the Y chromosome. |
Inheritance pattern | Typically, X-linked traits are recessive or dominant. | Y-linked traits are usually dominant. |
Affected individuals | · Both males and females can carry and express X-linked traits. · Males are more often affected due to hemizygosity. | · Only males (XY individuals) express Y-linked traits. · Females (XX) do not carry these traits. |
Mode of transmission | · Mothers can pass X-linked traits to both sons and daughters. · Fathers pass the Y chromosome to their sons. | · Y-linked traits are transmitted exclusively from fathers to their sons. |
Examples | · Hemophilia · Red-green color blindness · Duchenne muscular dystrophy · Hemophilia | · Male pattern baldness · Y-linked congenital deafness |
Comparison between X-Linked Traits and Y- Linked Traits
Let me share with you a comparison between X-Linked Traits and Y- Linked Traits.