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Are males more likely than
females to express a x-linked recessive disorder?

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User Dewyze
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Answer:

They are not.

Step-by-step explanation:

Females have X-X chromosomes, while males have X-Y. Females have twice as many X chromosomes, so it's just statistics.

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Answer:

A male with a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome is typically affected with the condition. Because females have two copies of the X chromosome and males have only one X chromosome, X-linked recessive diseases are more common among males than females.

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so the answer would be yes.

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