Mapa mental
Linkage
Mind map: Linkage genetics
Conteúdo do mapa
Linkage
- If a question involves linkage or sex linkage use a chromosome diagram
Sex Linked/Linkage or X-Linked
- Characteristics that are controlled by genes on a SEX chromosome
- Example: Colour blindness and Haemophilia
- Non-nuclear inheritance
- Found in Mitochondria, and Chloroplasts
- Main gene on Y chromosome is the SRY gene
- Sex determining Region of Y
- Characteristics that are controlled by genes on a SEX chromosome
Locus/Loci: The position of a gene on a chromosome
Definition of Linkage
- Genes that are located on the same chromosome.