What are X-linked traits?

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X-linked inheritance involves traits found on the x chromosome.
Humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Females inherit two x chromosomes and males inherit an x and y chromosome.
The x chromosome has many more genes than the y chromosome. As a result, you get what is called an x-link trait.
In this video, I show a Punnet square of an x-link chromosome and why males may inherit the trait more often than females.

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