2006-07-11 08:35:53 · 7 answers · asked by ferraricarsbt 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Sex linked diseases are diseases caused by mutations on either of the sex-chromosomes - X and Y. Men have XY and women are XX. See the links below for more details.
There are LOTS of X-linked diseases, some of the commoner ones off the top of my head include:
Haemophilia A
Haemophilia B
Glucose 6 Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Becker Muscular Dystrophy
X-linked Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome / Testicular Feminisation
X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy
Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy
Fabry's Disease
Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome
The list is really quite long though.
Btw in response to sarah's answer above: Down's syndrome is NOT sex linked... it's due to a duplication of chromosome 21.
2006-07-11 09:55:34 · answer #1 · answered by the last ninja 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sex-linked disorders are those that occur on the X-chromosome. More than 4000 genetic diseases are currently known so I won't list them...but here a few examples:
Muscular Dystrophy -several types
Downs Syndrome
Haemophilia
Colour Blindness
2006-07-11 15:45:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
X-linked genetic disorders...
Recessive:Diseases that are inherited through X chromosome Women have XX, Men have XY. So women can have a noemal X and one mutetd gene and can be alright but for men if an X is muteted there is no other X to correct it. So if they inherite it from mother, they have disease like hemophilis...it is tranmitted through women and menifest in men...most famous examples British royal family and Russian Ramonovs.
Dominant: Woman and men effected equally.
2006-07-11 15:42:57 · answer #3 · answered by dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are disorders that are recieved through the "sex chromosomes". For women, those are the XX chromosomes and for men they are the XY chromosomes.
2006-07-11 17:59:17 · answer #4 · answered by vu827 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
disorders that are passed down through the same six-like, mother to daughter-i thik
2006-07-11 15:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by ojndoanj 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are quite a few. Peter dementia; pussy phobia, tittinsion; testicle trauma; hump mania; peter parionoia just to name some.
2006-07-11 15:41:55 · answer #6 · answered by darlaman2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are :-
- super female (44xxx)
-down syndrome (45xy) with duplication in chromosome no. 21
- kline filter (44x0) abnormal female
2006-07-11 16:21:55 · answer #7 · answered by mido_foxman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋