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If the gene is linked to the “Y” chromosome,women will not have the disorder.– Why?

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If the gene is linked to the “Y” chromosome,women will not have the disorder.– Why?

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The reason women will not have the disorder if the gene is linked to the "Y" chromosome is because women do not have a Y chromosome. In humans, sex is determined by two sex chromosomes: X and Y. Men have one X and one Y chromosome (XY) and women have two X chromosomes (XX). Therefore, if a disorder is linked to a gene on the Y chromosome, women will not have the disorder because they do not have a Y chromosome. This is the basis for sex-linked inheritance.

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