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Why do sex-linked traits appear more in males than in females?

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In male, there is a single X-chromosome in his cells, therefore the recessively X-linked genes get a chance to express themselves.
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  • Sex-linked traits are

    A
    Carried on an autosome, but expressed only in males
    B
    Coded by genes located on a sex chromosome
    C
    Found in only one of the mother sex, depending on the sex-determination system of the species
    D
    Always inherited from the mother in mammals and fruit flies

  • A sex linked trait/disease is

    A
    Colour blindness/haemophilia
    B
    Night blindness/albinism
    C
    Myxiedema/beri-beri
    D
    Deafness/tylosis

  • Colour blindness is found more in males than in females because :

    A
    heterozygous females are colour blind
    B
    males having affected Y-chromosome are colour blind
    C
    males containing the single affected X-chromosome are colour blind
    D
    affected X-chromosome has a much higer affinity to Y-chromosome as compared to unaffected X-chromosome

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