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itsmyluck

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Color blindness is more common among males because:
 
  most color blindness is inherited through a recessive gene on the X
  chromosome.
  males have only one Y chromosome.
  most color blindness is inherited by a recessive gene on the Y chromosome.
  the gene for color blindness is a dominant gene.

Question 2

Boys can inherit an X-linked trait from their:
 
  mother only.
  father only.
  mother or father.
  father's mother only.



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micaelaswann

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Answer to Question 1

most color blindness is inherited through a recessive gene on the X
chromosome.

Answer to Question 2

mother only.





 

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