sex-linked character: Quick Facts

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Diagram illustrating sex-linked inheritance of white and red eye color in Drosophila fruit flies, showing genetic crosses between white-eyed and red-eyed males and females, with chromosomes and resulting eye color traits mapped through two generations.

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Topics

Why are most calico cats female?Why are orange cats more likely to be male?sex-controlled character sex-limited character linkage group inherited character sex determination

Key People

Thomas Hunt Morgan

Thomas Hunt Morgan

American biologist