Males Are More Commonly Affected by X-Linked Recessive Genetic Disorders

question 57

Multiple Choice

Males are more commonly affected by X-linked recessive genetic disorders than females because ____.​

• A) ​females have two X chromosomes; therefore, they do not inherit recessive alleles
• B) ​males have only one X chromosome; therefore, they express all recessive X-linked traits
• C) ​males have only one X chromosome; therefore, they have multiple alleles for each X-linked gene
• D) ​Y chromosomes cause X-linked gene mutations
• E) ​males are genetically weaker than females

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