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In a sex linked trait, the recessive phenotype is most often found in males because...

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X-linked recessive diseases most often occur in males. Males have only one X chromosome. A single recessive gene on that X chromosome will cause the disease. The Y chromosome is the other half of the XY gene pair in the male.

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