Chapter 15 – The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
Sex Determination
Sex-linked genes
Sex linked inheritance Must show sex chromosomes Hemizygous
X inactivation Barr body
Linked genes
Nondisjunction Aneuploidy Monosomy Trisomy
Down syndrome
Trisomies in sex chromosomes Klinefelter syndrome 47, XXY Jacob syndrome 47, XYY TriploX 47, XXX
Monosomy in sex chromosome Turner syndrome 45, XO
Chromosome structural abnormalities Deletion Duplication
Chromosome structural abnormalities cont Inversion Translocation