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Visit the website below and use it to answer the question that follows. http://anthro.palomar.edu/biobasis/bio_4.htm Why are women often carriers of X-linked traits but rarely affected by them?

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Answer 2

Women have two X chromosomes.Recessive alleles on one X chromosome are often masked by dominant alleles on the other chromosome.Women will not be affected unless they receive two recessive alleles.