Question 16

(Multiple Choice)

Males tend to be affected in greater numbers by X-linked recessive genetic disorders than are females because  


A) expression of the recessive gene is inactivated by the other X chromosome in females.
B) males have only one X chromosome.
C) males have a double dose of the gene.
D) Y chromosomes are destabilized by the X chromosomes.
E) females have only one X chromosome.

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