What is the difference between autosomal recessive and s*x linked recessive?

Question

What is the difference between autosomal recessive and s*x linked recessive?

Answer 1

Autosomal means the gene is located on one of the somatic chromsomes.  s*x-linked means it is located on a s*x chromosome (usually the X in mammals because there isn't a whole lot on the Y chromosome).

Recessive means that you can only have copies of that allele in order to express that trait.  

What these mean together is that in humans, who are diploid (meaning we have two copies of each chromosome and therefore each gene), you have to have two copies of any autosomal recessive allele in order to express that trait.  However, for s*x-linked recessives, if you are male you only need one copy (because males only have one X chromosome) to express the trait.  This is why traits like color-blindness and hemophilia show up more in males.

Answer 2

s*x linked is on s*x chromosomes X & Y.so if the father is ill with x-linked recessive the daughters will recessive at least 1 recessive allele and might show the ill phenotype if mother is ill(100%) or heterozygote(50%) and all the boys will show the phnotype of Y linked recessive if they have an ill father with Y-linked recessive disease

Answer 3

s*x linked are on the X or Y chromosome.

Answer 4

autosomal are not related to the x or y chromosomes where the s*x linked are on the x or y chromosomes.