Recessive genetic disorders result from inheriting 2 defective recessive alleles of gene ( one from each parent ). The x - chromosome holds about 10% of all human genes. Sex chromosomes are: males XY, females XX. Y-traits occure in males only. Y-disorders are rare.
Answer: Most recessive disorders are on the Autosomal recessive gene, and thus not x-linked.
The nutrient that is responsible for causing most accidental deaths in children is iron.
Natural Selection is: <u>the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.</u>
An example of this is our appendix. We no longer use our appendix because food nowadays is softer than what our ancestors used to eat.
Our ancestors could quickly digest (through their appendix) tree barks because they ate them frequently versus now we don't even use them at all
