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Hemophilia and colorblindness are usually inherited by males, making them more likely ________________ traits.

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I believe the answer is Sex-linked traits
Sex-linked traits refer to the genetic traits that strongly tied to either X or Y chromosome, which make certain traits to become more likely to be possessed by a certain sex.
Another example would be the genes that make us able to grow facial hair are sex-linked to Y chromosomes. Facial hair would predominantly exist in males but on rare occurrence, it could exist in female

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