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  2. Sex linkage - Wikipedia

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    There are fewer X-linked dominant conditions than X-linked recessive, because dominance in X-linkage requires the condition to present in females with only a fraction of the reduction in gene expression of autosomal dominance, since roughly half (or as many as 90% in some cases) of a particular parent's X chromosomes are inactivated in females.

  3. Dominance (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    Autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance, the two most common Mendelian inheritance patterns. An autosome is any chromosome other than a sex chromosome.. In genetics, dominance is the phenomenon of one variant of a gene on a chromosome masking or overriding the effect of a different variant of the same gene on the other copy of the chromosome.

  4. X-linked dominant inheritance - Wikipedia

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    X-linked dominant traits do not necessarily affect males more than females (unlike X-linked recessive traits). The exact pattern of inheritance varies, depending on whether the father or the mother has the trait of interest. All fathers that are affected by an X-linked dominant disorder will have affected daughters but not affected sons.

  5. Hereditary carrier - Wikipedia

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    The term is used in human genetics in cases of hereditary traits in which the observed trait lies on the female sex chromosome, the X chromosome. These are sex-linked genes. The carriers are always women. Women have two homologous sex chromosomes (XX). Men cannot be carriers because they only have one X chromosome.

  6. X-linked genetic disease - Wikipedia

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    X-linked dominant traits can affect females as much as males. X-linked dominant inheritance occurs less frequently. Only one copy of the mutated alleles on the X chromosomes is sufficient to cause the disorder when inherited from an affected parent. Unlike in X-linked recessive inheritance, X-linked dominant traits can affect females as much as ...

  7. Expressions of dominance - Wikipedia

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    This is because women are perceived as less competitive and dominant than men and are thought to be less likely to display dominance (Burgoon et al., as cited by Youngquist, 2009); a woman who displays dominance might potentially be perceived as more dominant than a man displaying the same behavior because her behavior will be seen as unusual ...

  8. Pedigree chart - Wikipedia

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    When a pedigree shows a condition appearing in a 50:50 ratio between men and women, it is considered autosomal. When the condition predominantly affects males in the pedigree, it is considered x-linked. [6] Some examples of dominant traits include male baldness, astigmatism, and dwarfism. Some examples of recessive traits include small eyes ...

  9. Matriarchy - Wikipedia

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    Phyllis Chesler wrote in Women and Madness (2005 and 1972) that feminist women must "dominate public and social institutions". [169] She also wrote that women fare better when controlling the means of production [170] and that equality with men should not be supported, [171] even if female domination is no more "just" [171] than male domination ...