Definition. Sex-linked diseases are passed down through families through one of the X or Y chromosomes. X and Y are sex chromosomes. Dominant inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from one parent causes disease even though the matching gene from the other parent is normal.The abnormal gene dominates.efinition. Sex-linked diseases are passed down through families through one of the X or Y chromosomes. X and Y are sex chromosomes. Dominant inheritance occurs when an abnormal gene from one parent causes disease even though the matching gene from the other parent is normal.
Savant syndrome is a rare syndrome in which people with poor mental development or brain injury possess extraordinary mental skills which are difficult to explain scientifically. Sometimes the talents of a savant may go unnoticed.he exact cause of a savant syndrome is not known. A lot of hypotheses have been proposed. Some researchers believe that there is damage to the left hemisphere of brain, which results in compensatory changes in the right side of brain.
1 Anterior spinal artery: The anterior spinal artery supplies the whole medial part of the medulla oblongata. 2  A blockage (such as in a stroke) will injure the pyramidal tract, medial lemniscus, and the hypoglossal nucleus. 3  This causes a syndrome called medial medullary syndrome.