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What causes red-green colour blindness to be more common in males?

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Monohybrid inheritance

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What causes red-green colour blindness to be more common in males?.

  1. A.Males have two X chromosomes.
  2. B.Males have only one X chromosome.
  3. C.The gene is on the Y chromosome.
  4. D.The gene is dominant in males.

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Red-Green Colour Blindness

Red-green colour blindness is more common in males than females because it is a sex-linked trait caused by a gene on the X chromosome.

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    Describe why red-green colour blindness is more common in males than females.

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