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Color blindness in humans is caused by a recessive x linked gene. if a woman .... ( please tell me why if u can)

Color blindness in humans is caused by a recessive x linked gene. if a woman .... ( please-example-1
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half of their sons would be colorblind because the son that got the gene for being colorblind does not have another X to prevent that. if there are 2 x's (female) with one of them holding a recessive trait then that female is a carrier because there is another X to block the colorblindness.
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