Color-Blindness Is More Common in Males Than in Females Because

question 44

Multiple Choice

Color-blindness is more common in males than in females because:

• A) females need to inherit only one copy of the recessive color blindness allele to express the trait.
• B) males only need to inherit the recessive maternal color blindness allele to be color blind.
• C) color-blindness is an autosomal trait.
• D) all females are hemizygous for the color blindness trait.
• E) males can only inherit paternal color blindness alleles.