Males are more likely than females to inherit sex-linked disorders because
a. most sex-linked disorders are on the Y chromosome.
b. males do not inherit an X chromosome from their mothers.
c. males do not have a second normal X chromosome to mask the effects of the abnormal X chromosome.
d. males inherit both an abnormal X and an abnormal Y chromosome.
C
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