Males tend to be affected in greater numbers by X-linked recessive genetic disorders than are females
because
a. females have two dominant genes for the disorder.
b. males have only one X chromosomes.
c. males have a double dose of the gene.
d. Y chromosomes are not as strong as X chromosomes.
e. females have two dominant genes for the disorder and males have only one recessive gene
for the disorder.
B
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