traits like hemophilia that are always expressed in the male presence in the may be hidden in the female are said to be _____.
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If a male inherits an X-linked recessive allele for color blindness it will never be expressed. it will only be expressed 50% of the time. it will be expressed only if two copies are present. it will always be expressed.
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Males are typically more affected by sex-linked traits because female hormones such as estrogen often compensate for the effects of mutations on the X chromosome females often mask sex-linked conditions due to the presence of two X chromosomes whereas males are hemizygous for the X chromsome males are hemizygous and sex-linked traits are commonly found on the Y chromosome X chromosomes in males generally have more mutations than X chromosomes in females.
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Assertion: Haemophilia is commonly found in males. Reason: Haemophilia is X- linked recessive disorder.
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