Which of the following statements is true of sex-linked disorders?
a. Childbirth and the stress of raising children contributes to the prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women.
b. Hormonal fluctuations lead to a great prevalence of sex-linked disorders in women than men.
c. Sex-linked disorders, which are more prevalent in males, are typically caused by recessive diseased alleles found on the X chromosome.
d. Sex-linked disorders are caused by genetic mutations on the X chromosome for females and on the Y chromosome for males.
ANSWER:
c
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