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vekshin1
3 years ago
5

"why are more males than females affected by x-linked recessive genetic diseases?"

Biology
1 answer:
frozen [14]3 years ago
6 0
While females have a second X-chromosome that masks the X-linked recessive allele, males do not, but instead have a Y-chromosome which does not represent the same alleles as the X-chromosomes, resulting in not being able to mask the X-linked recessive allele.
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