What is the difference between Sex-Linked and Sex-
Influenced diseases?
Answer Posted / sivani
In Sex linked diseases the defeceted genes are present on
the sex chromosomes attached to them whereas in Sex
influenced diseases defective genes are present on the other
chromosomes but affects the sex chromosomes.
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