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The human male never passes on the gene for haemophilia to his son. Why is it so ?

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The gene for harmophilia is present on X chromosome. A male has only one X chromosome which he receives from his mother and Y chromosome from father. The human male passes the X chromosome to his daughters but not ot the male progeny (sons).
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