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A mother with breast cancer and a father have 6 children, half boys and half girls. A gene associated with breast cancer is traced, and both the male and female offspring are detected to have the gene mutation associated with breast cancer. All 3 daughters end up developing severe breast cancer later in life and one son is diagnosed with a milder form of breast cancer. A mother cat with pointed ears has 2 male and 4 female kittens. Out of her 6 offspring, 1 male and 2 females also hav pointed ears, while the remaining kittens have rounded ears like their father. A group of male and female Jungle Beetles have the genotype ww. All the males are observed to have wings while the females do not. When looking at the curling of eyelashes in dogs, straight eyelashes are the wildtype. A female dog with straight eyelashes is bred with a male dog with curled eyelashes. All of the male puppies born have curled eyelashes and the female puppies have straight. A young baby boy is born with webbed fingers, a trait that his grandfather had. His 2 older sisters and younger brother are born with normal fingers. [Choose ] ✓ [Choose ] Sex-influenced trait Sex-limited trait Y-linked trait X-linked recessive X-linked dominant trait [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose ]

A mother with breast cancer and a father have 6 children, half boys and half girls. A gene associated with breast cancer is traced, and both the male and female offspring are detected to have the gene mutation associated with breast cancer. All 3 daughters end up developing severe breast cancer later in life and one son is diagnosed with a milder form of breast cancer. A mother cat with pointed ears has 2 male and 4 female kittens. Out of her 6 offspring, 1 male and 2 females also hav pointed ears, while the remaining kittens have rounded ears like their father. A group of male and female Jungle Beetles have the genotype ww. All the males are observed to have wings while the females do not. When looking at the curling of eyelashes in dogs, straight eyelashes are the wildtype. A female dog with straight eyelashes is bred with a male dog with curled eyelashes. All of the male puppies born have curled eyelashes and the female puppies have straight. A young baby boy is born with webbed fingers, a trait that his grandfather had. His 2 older sisters and younger brother are born with normal fingers. [Choose ] ✓ [Choose ] Sex-influenced trait Sex-limited trait Y-linked trait X-linked recessive X-linked dominant trait [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose ]

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A mother with breast cancer and a father have 6 children, half boys and half girls. A gene associated with breast cancer is traced, and both the male and female offspring are detected to have the gene mutation associated with breast cancer. All 3 daughters end up developing severe breast cancer later in life and one son is diagnosed with a milder form of breast cancer. A mother cat with pointed ears has 2 male and 4 female kittens. Out of her 6 offspring, 1 male and 2 females also hav pointed ears, while the remaining kittens have rounded ears like their father. A group of male and female Jungle Beetles have the genotype ww. All the males are observed to have wings while the females do not. When looking at the curling of eyelashes in dogs, straight eyelashes are the wildtype. A female dog with straight eyelashes is bred with a male dog with curled eyelashes. All of the male puppies born have curled eyelashes and the female puppies have straight. A young baby boy is born with webbed fingers, a trait that his grandfather had. His 2 older sisters and younger brother are born with normal fingers. [Choose ] ✓ [Choose ] Sex-influenced trait Sex-limited trait Y-linked trait X-linked recessive X-linked dominant trait [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose ]
Transcribed Image Text:A mother with breast cancer and a father have 6 children, half boys and half girls. A gene associated with breast cancer is traced, and both the male and female offspring are detected to have the gene mutation associated with breast cancer. All 3 daughters end up developing severe breast cancer later in life and one son is diagnosed with a milder form of breast cancer. A mother cat with pointed ears has 2 male and 4 female kittens. Out of her 6 offspring, 1 male and 2 females also hav pointed ears, while the remaining kittens have rounded ears like their father. A group of male and female Jungle Beetles have the genotype ww. All the males are observed to have wings while the females do not. When looking at the curling of eyelashes in dogs, straight eyelashes are the wildtype. A female dog with straight eyelashes is bred with a male dog with curled eyelashes. All of the male puppies born have curled eyelashes and the female puppies have straight. A young baby boy is born with webbed fingers, a trait that his grandfather had. His 2 older sisters and younger brother are born with normal fingers. [Choose ] ✓ [Choose ] Sex-influenced trait Sex-limited trait Y-linked trait X-linked recessive X-linked dominant trait [Choose ] [Choose ] [Choose ]
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