Multiple choice

Which of the following is a sex linked character?

  1. Baldness

  2. Colour blindness

  3. Diabetes

  4. Polio
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Color blindness is a classic X-linked recessive trait - the gene is located on the X chromosome, making it sex-linked. Males (XY) express it with one affected X, while females (XX) need two affected X chromosomes. Baldness is sex-influenced (hormone-modified) rather than sex-linked. Diabetes is polygenic/multifactorial and polio is an infectious disease, neither being sex-linked genetic conditions.

Keep practicing — related questions