What information on a pedigree can tell you whether a gene is a autosome or a sex chromosome?

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What information on a pedigree can tell you whether a gene is a autosome or a sex chromosome?

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Kaitlynn Blankenship · Answer 1

What information on a pedigree can tell you whether a gene is on a autosome or not a sex chromosome? If in a pedigree, the occurrence of the disorder is 50/50 between females and males, then it shows that it is autosomal. If the disorder is mostly shown in males then it is a sex-linked trait.