In: Anatomy and Physiology
When genes are on the X or Y chromosomes, they are considered X-linked.
True or false?
Ans:- FALSE
If a gene is present in X chromosome then only it is called x-linked gene.
If the gene is present in Y chromosome then it is called Y linked gene .
A condition is considered Y-linked if the mutated gene that causes the disorder is located on the Y chromosome, one of the two sex chromosomes in each of a male's cells. Because only males have a Y chromosome, in Y-linked inheritance, a mutation can only be passed from father to son.
Eg :- of y linked diseases are :-
Ataxia telangiectasia
Pattern blandness
X-linked is a trait where a gene is located on the X chromosome. Humans and other mammals have two sex chromosomes, the X and the Y. In an X-linked or sex linked disease, it is usually males that are affected because they have a single copy of the X chromosome that carries the mutation.
Examples of X-linked recessive disorders are hemophilia, color blindness, and Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase [HPRT] deficiency).