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Colorblindness is more common in males than females because?
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Colorblindness is more common in males than females because?
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It is sex-linked: genetic red–green color blindness
affects males
much
more
often
than females
,
because
the genes for the red and green color receptors are located on the X chromosome, of which
males
have only one and
females
have two.
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