Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
Biology: Life on Earth with Physiology (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133923001
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 14, Problem 2AC
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The reason, that all the children born with X-linked SCID are boys.

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In sex linked inheritance, the genes are associated with one of the sex chromosome; either on X, or On Y. Most of the sex linked chromosomes are associated with X chromosome, as it has longer arms which can bear more number of genes.

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