The 𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘢 Gene for Eye Color is Sex-Linked

Sex-linked characteristics are determined by genes that are located on a sex chromosome. This scrollable interactive explores a genetic cross involving the inheritance of a sex-linked characteristic. It also examines how the inheritance of genes on a sex chromosome differs from that of those found on an autosome.

Topics

  • chromosome theory of inheritance
  • chromosome
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Drosophila
  • eye color
  • fruit fly characteristic
  • fruit fly
  • gene
  • genetic cross
  • red eye
  • sex chromosome
  • sex-linked characteristic
  • sex-linked
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan
  • w gene
  • white eye
  • white gene
  • X chromosome