NEET 2003 Biology question

Pattern baldness, moustaches and beard in human males are examples of : -

(1)Sex linked traits
(2)Sex limited traitsCorrect
(3)Sex differentiating traits
(4)Sex-determining traits

Answer: (2)

Solution

Sex-limited traits are autosomal traits whose expression is confined to one sex, because they depend on the sex hormones (here androgens): moustaches, beard and (as treated in the key) pattern

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